Two Arizona GOP county supervisors indicted for felony election crimes

Peggy Suzanne Judd and Terry Thomas Crosby — both of whom are on the Cochise County Board of Supervisors in southern Arizona — were indicted on two counts relating to their refusal to certify election results this week.

According to the indictment, which was tweeted by Democratic election attorney Marc Elias on his "Democracy Docket" account, Both Judd and Crosby face charges of conspiracy and interference with an election officer. Both are class 5 felony counts. According to Arizona criminal code, a class 5 felony carries a sentence of anywhere from six months to 2.5 years. If both Judd and Crosby are convicted on both charges, they could face anywhere from one to five years in state prison.

The charges relate to both Judd and Crosby refusing to certify the results of Arizona's 2022 statewide elections, which resulted in both Democrat Katie Hobbs winning the gubernatorial election, and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) winning election to his first full term in the US Senate.

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Last week, it was reported that both Judd and Crosby were subpoenaed as part of a potential investigation by the Arizona Attorney General's office into alleged election interference in Cochise County. Both officials had reportedly cost Cochise County taxpayers approximately $300,000 in court costs associated with their election-related crusades, and Crosby narrowly survived a recall attempt after petitioners failed to get enough signatures to get the matter on the ballot ahead of the state's deadline.

Ann English — the sole Democratic member of the county board of supervisors — confirmed to the publication Votebeat that she had been asked by state investigators about hand count and ballot certification issues. Both Judd and Crosby had previously fought attempts to implement machine counting, opting for a hand count instead.

"Elected officials don’t just get to pick the laws they want to follow," former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard told Votebeat.

Crosby, for his part, launched a crowdfunding campaign on the far-right platform GiveSendGo to cover his legal expenses, where he has raised just over $3,700 of his overall $100,000 goal.

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