By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
November 29, 2023 at 1:36 p.m. EST
PHOENIX — Two Republican members of a county election board in southern Arizona
were indicted by a state grand jury this week for allegedly flouting last year’s
deadline to formally accept the results of the November 2022 midterm election.
Arizona Attorney Kris Mayes (D) on Wednesday announced the felony indictments of
Cochise County supervisors Peggy Judd and Terry Thomas “Tom” Crosby. The two are
charged with interference with an election officer and conspiracy. Neither
responded to requests for comment.
The indictments of the two Republicans from a deeply conservative county in the
southeastern corner of Arizona mark a rare example of possible criminal
consequences in battleground Arizona, where county officials, state lawmakers
and GOP candidates have helped delegitimize election outcomes and procedures.
Mayes’s office has been investigating the actions of the two county supervisors
since at least summer.
“The repeated attempts to undermine our democracy are unacceptable,” Mayes said
in a statement announcing the indictments. “I took an oath to uphold the rule of
law, and my office will continue to enforce Arizona’s elections laws and support
our election officials as they carry out the duties and responsibilities of
their offices.”
The indictment was filed on Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court. According
to the attorney general’s office, it alleges that on or between Oct. 11, 2022,
and Dec. 1, 2022, Judd and Crosby conspired to delay the canvass of their
county’s votes from the November general election.
The indictment alleges that the two knowingly interfered with the secretary of
state’s ability to finish the statewide canvass for the election by delaying a
vote to formally accept their county’s votes during the time period required by
state law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/29/cochise-county-arizona-midterm-election-criminal-charges/
Lock them up for life, and beat them unconscious.