Arizona County Supervisors Indicted Over Delay in 2022 Election Certification

Overview

• Two Republican county supervisors in Cochise County, Arizona, Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of interference with an election officer and conspiracy.
• The charges relate to their alleged efforts to delay the certification of the 2022 midterm election results in their county.
• The pair eventually certified the results after a court order, but the delay threatened the overall certification of the state’s election results.
• The charges mark a rare instance of criminal prosecution related to election certification delays.
• If convicted, Judd and Crosby could face prison terms of 6 months to 2.5 years.