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A man walks out after casting his vote on Election Day 2020 in Tombstone, Ariz., in Cochise County.

Politics & Government

Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order

7:02pm December 01, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

After a court order, officials in the GOP-controlled county certified midterm election results days after they missed the legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk.

Jacob Wohl, pictured here surrounded by police officers at a 2020 protest in Washington D.C., is one of two right-wing activists who were behind a 2020 robocall scheme that targeted minority voters. Wohl will now face probation, fines and 500 hours of voter registration assistance for pleading guilty to telecommunications fraud.

They ran a voter suppression scheme. Now they're sentenced to register voters

4:57pm December 01, 2022

by Emily Olson

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman robocalled roughly 85,000 voters across five states, falsely telling them that voting by mail would risk "giving your private information to the man."

People wait in line to vote on Election Day 2020 in Tombstone, Ariz., in Cochise County. The county's Republican-led leadership has voted to delay certifying its 2022 election results, despite a state deadline on Monday.

Politics & Government

Counties in Arizona, Pennsylvania fail to certify election results by legal deadlines

10:30pm November 28, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Around 164,000 people's votes for the midterm elections are at risk after Arizona's Cochise County and Pennsylvania's Luzerne County failed to certify local results by their states' deadlines.

On Wednesday in Atlanta, Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state, rolls a 10-sided die as part of process to determine which batches of ballots to audit for a statewide risk limiting audit of the 2022 general election.

Politics & Government

Georgia election officials breathe a sigh of relief after uneventful voting

5:01am November 21, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

After a tumultuous two years in the spotlight, Georgia elections officials say a smooth 2022 has them hopeful for more "boring" elections.

Jim Marchant, center, GOP nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, lost his election and also underperformed fellow Republicans running for U.S. senator and governor.

Politics & Government

Election deniers performed especially poorly in races to oversee voting in key states

5:01am November 19, 2022

by Miles Parks

Secretary of state candidates who deny the 2020 election results generally underperformed fellow Republicans on the ballot in a handful of competitive states.

Ballot counters process absentee ballots on Nov. 8 at Huntington Place in Detroit. The scene this year was much calmer than 2020, when protesters descended on Detroit and yelled for election officials to "stop the count!"

Politics & Government

Election officials feared the worst. Here's why baseless claims haven't fueled chaos

5:46pm November 14, 2022

So far, false claims of voting malfeasance have not incited the chaos that many had feared would ensue, stoked by a mythos of election fraud that's become a core belief for many on the right.

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Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Ballot Tabulation Center last week in Phoenix. The election is not considered over until the vote totals are reviewed and certified.

Politics & Government

Why elections are not over until the votes are certified

5:00am November 14, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Even after vote counting ends, the midterms are not officially over until the results are certified. Election deniers who don't like the results may try to slow down or stop this step.

Democrat Cisco Aguilar is seen on Election Day.

Politics & Government

Cisco Aguilar defeats an election denier to become Nevada's secretary of state

10:37pm November 12, 2022

by Miles Parks

The Democrat Aguilar defeated Trump-backed Republican Jim Marchant, who has long baselessly maintained the 2020 election was stolen.

Politics & Government

Adrian Fontes is elected Arizona secretary of state, beating election denier Finchem

10:43pm November 11, 2022

by Miles Parks

The Democrat narrowly beat Republican Mark Finchem, who has falsely called the 2020 election "irredeemably compromised."

An election worker arrives with ballots to be tabulated inside the Maricopa County recorder's office in Phoenix on Wednesday.

Politics & Government

Voter behavior and election rules contribute to slower counting in Arizona

2:28pm November 11, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

One big reason: Arizona voters dropped off hundreds of thousands of mail ballots on Election Day. Now comes the arduous task of processing and tallying those ballots.