A Republican-controlled county in Arizona will hand count some ballots cast at polls in November’s midterm congressional elections after voting to approve the measure on Oct. 24.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors in southeastern Arizona voted 2–1 on Monday to count ballots in next month’s elections by hand.
Republican Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby supported the move while the board’s lone Democrat, Chairwoman Ann English, opposed the move on the basis that it could open up the county to an increasing number of lawsuits.
The proposal (pdf) for the hand count states that “it is widely known that many voters lack confidence in the voting system,” noting that a county-wide hand count of audit of the 2022 General Election will “enhance voter confidence.”…