Arizona attorney general sues to stop county election switch
Arizona's attorney general on Tuesday sued to stop a transfer of election duties in a rural county where the leaders have embraced voting conspiracy theories.
The Republican majority on the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted last week to transfer of all election functions from the nonpartisan elections department to the county's elected recorder, also a Republican. The move follows the resignation of the elections director, who had objected to the board's efforts to conduct a full hand count of last year's vote.
Attorney General Kris Mayes said switching the duties from the elections office to the recorder was illegal.
“While counties may appropriately enter into cooperative agreements with their recorders to manage elections, Cochise County’s agreement steps far over the legal line,” Mayes said in a news release announcing the lawsuit.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-attorney-general-sues-stop-221721195.html
