Arizona megathread

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

So I’m guessing Cochise was certified?

[GeorgiaModerate]

So I’m guessing Cochise was certified?

Yes, they certified on a judge's order last Thursday afternoon.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So the AG recount is underway right now?

So.... has that happened or not??

[GeorgiaModerate]

So the AG recount is underway right now?

So.... has that happened or not??

Not yet.  Even though the recount is automatic, there are some silly bureaucratic hoops they have to jump through.  The SoS is required to petition the Maricopa County Superior Court to order the recounts in the races within 0.5% margin (AG, Superintendent, and LD 13).  That petition was filed yesterday evening after the certification was complete.  Counties have until 5pm Dec. 21 to certify their recount results, and they cannot release numbers, including daily vote totals, until they’ve been certified by the court.

[Sir Mohamed]

I guess the ~500 vote difference for AG is too much to expect a different outcome? Why is that one even closer than Gov and SoS?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So the AG recount is underway right now?

So.... has that happened or not??

Not yet.  Even though the recount is automatic, there are some silly bureaucratic hoops they have to jump through.  The SoS is required to petition the Maricopa County Superior Court to order the recounts in the races within 0.5% margin (AG, Superintendent, and LD 13).  That petition was filed yesterday evening after the certification was complete.  Counties have until 5pm Dec. 21 to certify their recount results, and they cannot release numbers, including daily vote totals, until they’ve been certified by the court.

So basically we'll get no updates until it's done and then just get told the final recount result?

[Roll Roons]

I guess the ~500 vote difference for AG is too much to expect a different outcome? Why is that one even closer than Gov and SoS?

I think it’s just that the race went under the radar compared to the other two. I’m not sure if Hamadeh was an election denier, but he was certainly much less vocal about it than Lake or Finchem.

[wbrocks67]

I guess the ~500 vote difference for AG is too much to expect a different outcome? Why is that one even closer than Gov and SoS?

I think it’s just that the race went under the radar compared to the other two. I’m not sure if Hamadeh was an election denier, but he was certainly much less vocal about it than Lake or Finchem.

He was, and nearly as crazy as Lake (on social media) about it all, but it's also possible like you said that a few more normies didn't know about that since Lake was more high profile about it

[Antonio the Sixth]

So the AG recount is underway right now?

So.... has that happened or not??

Not yet.  Even though the recount is automatic, there are some silly bureaucratic hoops they have to jump through.  The SoS is required to petition the Maricopa County Superior Court to order the recounts in the races within 0.5% margin (AG, Superintendent, and LD 13).  That petition was filed yesterday evening after the certification was complete.  Counties have until 5pm Dec. 21 to certify their recount results, and they cannot release numbers, including daily vote totals, until they’ve been certified by the court.

December 21st? Good grief.

I guess when an election is close enough it just eats up the entire transition period, even though that period is ridiculously long to begin with. What a joke.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1600639916404543488

[Spectator]

Kari Lake is still a regular guest on all the Fox evening shows, so chances are the base probably believes Trump.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/JenAFifield/status/1600897099180089344

[Antonio the Sixth]

https://twitter.com/JenAFifield/status/1600897099180089344

If we get the Pima and Maricopa results and they're on par with the initial count (or even better for Mayes), that's pretty much the whole game there.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1600639916404543488

And yet she STILL lost. 

[OSR stands with Israel]

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1600639916404543488

Robson would have won . It is because of your endorsement which handed the nomination to someone as horrible as Kari Lake that Hobbs who sucks as well will be governor

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1600639916404543488

Robson would have won . It is because of your endorsement which handed the nomination to someone as horrible as Kari Lake that Hobbs who sucks as well will be governor

Lol do you know what Rs are trying to do is steal the EC by Moore v Harper in getting state legislature to solidify a Different slate of Electors than the voters chosen Robson is no different than Lake and rest of the Rs they know that AZ, GA, WI, and AZ have R state legislature, but it's gonna fail just like it did when Trump tried to steal 2020 this Crt gets rid of Affirmative Action or they are Pro Gerrymandering but they won't overturn an Eday

Do you know why FL, AZ and WI votes D and why Evers, Johnson, Kelly, Sinema, and Hobbs won it's AARP state that means if you are poor and 50 and older and on Medicare you qualify for AARP life insurance

John Love is a better candidate than Matthew Sancrainte but it's a reason why Martin Frost has been elected to replace DEMINGS

[President Johnson]

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1600639916404543488

Keep yappin' man!

[Ferguson97]

It would be funny if these recounts just expanded Hobbs' lead like the recounts did for Biden.

[GeorgiaModerate]

It would be funny if these recounts just expanded Hobbs' lead like the recounts did for Biden.

The gubernatorial race is not among those being recounted.

[Roll Roons]

I can't quite put my finger on why, but I somehow always disliked Lake far more than Mastriano.

Maybe it's the fact that Trump endorsed her early, while he only endorsed Mastriano the weekend before the primary when he was pulling away. Or maybe it's because she was always much more likely to win so I perceived her as a bigger threat even though he was arguably more extreme.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I can't quite put my finger on why, but I somehow always disliked Lake far more than Mastriano.

Maybe it's the fact that Trump endorsed her early, while he only endorsed Mastriano the weekend before the primary when he was pulling away. Or maybe it's because she was always much more likely to win so I perceived her as a bigger threat even though he was arguably more extreme.

I know what you mean.  There was something very artificial about Lake's persona during the campaign, which I found extremely off-putting.  Mastriano at least was authentically crazy.

[wbrocks67]

I can't quite put my finger on why, but I somehow always disliked Lake far more than Mastriano.

Maybe it's the fact that Trump endorsed her early, while he only endorsed Mastriano the weekend before the primary when he was pulling away. Or maybe it's because she was always much more likely to win so I perceived her as a bigger threat even though he was arguably more extreme.

I know what you mean.  There was something very artificial about Lake's persona during the campaign, which I found extremely off-putting.  Mastriano at least was authentically crazy.

Yep, 100% this. Mastriano is a nutcase but at least he's a true believer. I can give to him that at least that's who he truly is at his core, even if it's insane. Lake is clearly grifting and this entire MAGA persona is so obviously fake and she just did it try and win.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/Garrett_Archer/status/1601276461704708098

[Antonio the Sixth]

So the AG recount is underway right now?

So.... has that happened or not??

Not yet.  Even though the recount is automatic, there are some silly bureaucratic hoops they have to jump through.  The SoS is required to petition the Maricopa County Superior Court to order the recounts in the races within 0.5% margin (AG, Superintendent, and LD 13).  That petition was filed yesterday evening after the certification was complete.  Counties have until 5pm Dec. 21 to certify their recount results, and they cannot release numbers, including daily vote totals, until they’ve been certified by the court.

To clarify, does each county release their totals once they're done, or do we have to wait for EVERY county to complete its counts before we get any results? I really hope it's the former, given that Pima seems almost done and Maricopa is well on its way.

[wbrocks67]

This is the type of expose I was hoping we'd get for Oz too

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1602309869394083840