Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Updated 6:38 PM EDT, Mon October 21, 2024


CNN — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to canvass the 2022 midterm results pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor count of failing to perform her duty as an election officer.

Coming two weeks before the November 5 general election, the acknowledgment of guilt by Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd was seen by some as a warning to other Arizona county officials who might once again be pressured by election conspiracists not to certify the results.

“Judd’s official guilty plea represents an important development in securing election integrity in Arizona,” said Thomas Volgy, a former Tucson, Arizona, mayor and professor at the University of Arizona, where he specializes in democratic processes. “It should be a loud wake-up call to county elected officials that they cannot fiddle with the vote intentions of Arizonans for cheap partisan gain.”

Peter Bondi, managing director of the nonprofit group Informing Democracy, said in a statement that Judd’s plea “is a clear reminder that the duty to certify is not optional, and should deter every election official from attempting to subvert the will of voters.” “This is a victory for democracy, the rule of law, and most importantly for every voter who casts a ballot this year,” Bondi said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/politics/cochise-county-arizona-election-plea/index.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Typical MAGAT.... says just enough to get leniency but after court tells fellow MAGATs that (essentially)

she had no remorse. AND, she is LEFT IN OFFICE!

[Delphinus]

2. How is that

even possible?!
(I like your WTF emoji!)

[Kali]

3. her seat is up in this election and she isn't running

she's a dumbass, but the other clown IS running again. Tom Crosby.

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes. But, why on earth are they allowing her to finish her term? That is beyond ridiculous.

[Mysterian]

5. Because it's a separate process to remove an elected official

and usually difficult.

[Kali]

6. my guess is money

and the effort to dump her and possibly find a replacement for what a month or two? also I think she did the plea before her scheduled trial date, if hers was at the same time as Crosby's. there are also other factors - probably her first actual crime, pity as her husband is ill, etc. I want to see him go down even more than her. like I said she is just a dumbass sucked into the cult like so many. she isn't any kind of leader or instigator.