Headline: “Arizona AG Sues Cochise County Over Election Operations Agreement With Recorder David Stevens.” [KJZZ, 3/7/23]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Sued Cochise County For Giving Stevens “Nearly All Authority Over County Election Operations.” “Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing Cochise County for giving its county recorder — a friend and ally of losing secretary of state candidate and election denier Mark Finchem — nearly all authority over county election operations. Mayes warned officials last month that the maneuver, made by two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors, was likely illegal..” [KJZZ, 3/7/23]
The Suit Stated That Stevens “‘Has Unlawfully Aggrandized His Power, And The Board Has Unlawfully And Almost Completely Offloaded Its Statutory Duties Over Elections.’”
“The Arizona attorney general filed suit on Tuesday to stop the Cochise County Board of Supervisors from handing its authority over elections to the county recorder, who has spread skepticism about the voting system. ‘The Recorder has unlawfully aggrandized his power, and the Board has unlawfully and almost completely offloaded its statutory duties over elections,’ the suit says.” [The Daily Beast, 3/7/23]