Officials in Cochise County, Arizona refuse to certify election results, leading to a lawsuit from governor-elect Katie Hobbs: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/28/republicans-arizona-county-refuse-to-certify-midterm-election-results
Their asinine guy feelings may well end up disenfranchising all of their voters and swinging two elections to Democrats.
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@koavf I don't think they have. In raw numbers, Republicans beat Democrats by nearly 5% of the popular vote in 2022. Given the margin, they would ordinarily have picked up a lot more seats. It's the distribution of the votes that prevented a disaster.
#politics #PopularVote #Election2022
https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/gop-won-votes-not-seats
@Coctaanatis 2020 was a presidential election and one where the lone Democrat in Jerkwater, U.S.A. had his vote count, but if you live in a super-Republican Congressional district, you may not be terribly motivated to vote in elections where your candidate has no chance of winning. Certain Republican bases (MAGAts, the elderly) will _always_ vote, even if their preferred candidates will win by landslides, so this seems pretty intelligible to me. I will look into it more. Thanks!
@Coctaanatis The (center-)left wing slept on local elections and judges for far too long and have left these avenues for the far right to gain power. I hope that Democrats are starting to finally understand this.