‘Chaos will be created’: Arizona court hears election-subversion case – with eyes on 2024
by Rachel Leingang in Phoenix, Arizona from US news | The Guardian on (#6MHQ8)
Implications of the lawsuit could extend beyond Cochise county, if local officials tried similar tactics in November
In a courtroom in Phoenix, Arizona, two elected officials who allegedly tried to subvert the county's 2022 election tried to get a lawsuit against them thrown out in a case one of their defense attorneys called both silly" and scary".
The Cochise county supervisors, Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, appeared in court virtually, to defend themselves against charges of attempted election interference for their initial failure to certify the county's election results.
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