A rural Arizona county official who has been tapped to hand-count all the ballots from next week’s election has been grilled in court by lawyers representing a group of retirees suing to block the effort
FILE - Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake arrives to a rally with former President Donald Trump on Oct. 9, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. The Republicans running for Arizona's three top statewide offices have said they would not have signed off on the presidential results if they had held office in 2020 and have signaled that they want to overhaul the battleground state's elections.
The elections director testified that she faces a potential felony if implementing the plan ends up violating the law.retiree group suing to block the effort.Stevens said he plans to start the hand-count after voting ends Tuesday and use more than 250 volunteers he's recruited from three political parties, although the group is heavily tilted towards registered Republicans.
Stevens said the Cochise County board of supervisors had voted on the plan and authorized him to conduct the count.
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