Arizona county approves plan to hand-count ballots following Trump’s big lie

Election denier calls for hand counts are starting to play out weeks before the midterms, setting stage for confusion and chaos

A small border county in Arizona voted to conduct a hand count audit of all ballots, disregarding legal warnings from the county's attorney and threats of lawsuits and investigations.

The decision creates a wave of uncertainty for elections workers in the county just two weeks before election day and with early voting, the primary way Arizonans cast ballots, already underway.