certify the election results from the midterm elections. three of the state s counties waited until today s deadline to actually take their vote on certification. mojave county flirted with refusing to certify their election results today, but ultimately after two long meetings they did vote unanimously they would certify. cocheese county previously tried to insist they would only count their votes by hand, something they proved immediately and definitively unable to do. you might remember that. they ended up abandoning their hand count when a court ordered them to do so. well, today they defied to certify the results. they say they don t care about the deadline to certify. they re going to talk about certifying again at an another meeting on friday this week. but again, today is the deadline by which they needed to act. they did not act. because of that, they re facing
he s got kind of thing for that. so, right now, in arizona, we are seeing that 2020 trump playbook attempted again for the first time since it was attempted on january six. and we are seeing how dangerous it is, as maga followers respond to their leaders. today, a republican official in rural cochise county refused to certify the results of the election. so, they are the only county, they re gonna miss that deadline that s required by state law. they could face felony charges. secretary of state and governor elect, katie hobbs, said she intends to file a lawsuit against cochise county, to compel the officials there to certify the results. her spokesperson told nbc news in part, quote, the secretary will use all available legal remedies to compel compliance with arizona law, and protect voters rights to have their votes counted. now, all of the 14 other counties in arizona did ultimately certify the results today, although, it wasn t smooth sailing. republican supervisors in mojave coun
counties in arizona did ultimately certify the results today, although, it wasn t smooth sailing. republican supervisors in mojave county considered doing otherwise, plus holding the vote for several hours. and then, there were officials and the states largest county, maricopa, who unanimously certify the election results there, but only after hearing from a angry crowd voters. now, you remember, maricopa, right? the largest county. that is where phoenix is. those officials where the target of an incredible amount of harassment, intimidation, and vitriol, following donald trump s loss there in 2020. that was the scene outside the board of supervisors, the boot of elections headquarters. and something not quite as scary as that, but something along those lines is happening again. maricopa county supervisor bill gates was first to go into hiding earlier this month, after receiving death threats.
to actually take the vote on certification. mojave county flirted with maybe refusing to certify their election results today, but ultimately after two long meetings they did vote unanimously that they would certify. cochise county had previously tried to insist that they would only count the votes by hand, something they proved immediately and definitively unable to do. you may remember that. they also ended up a man in their hand count when a court ordered them to do so? well today, cochise county declined to certify their election results and decided they apparently don t care about their deadline to certify. they say they re gonna talk about certifying again at another meeting the going to hold on friday of this week. but again, today is the deadline by which they needed to act. they did not act. because of that, cochise county