The vote tabulation machine at the Cochise County election office malfunctioned on Friday, slowing down the vote counting process, and the County is waiting for a new “loan tabulator” after they “tried to use a substitute tabulator,” and it didn’t work either.
“Cochise County Elections anticipates that all ballots will be fully tabulated by the middle of next week,” according to a press release.
At the time of writing, Cochise County has approximately 27,400 uncounted ballots.
This comes after the Cochise County Elections office in Bisbee, Arizona was evacuated Tuesday night after polls closed and vote counting began. It is unclear what was done to the machine during the evacuation period from the election office.
Sources in Cochise County spoke to The Gateway Pundit and asked what happened when everyone left the building.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said that four schools “only” in Arizona’s Navajo County, used as polling sites, received “unsubstantiated” bomb threats. Fontes further blamed Russia for the threats and election meddling, a typical Democratic talking point. “He’s been busy lately,” Fontes said.
It was later reported that bomb threats were made across the state in Pima and Cochise, leaving the question of how this affected the vote count.
This is especially troubling because the two conservative Cochise County Supervisors on the three-member board, Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, were both indicted last year for refusing to certify the results of the 2022 election that were hijacked in an effort to ensure voting accuracy. . Supervisor Judd pleaded guilty last month to one class 3 Misdemeanor count of “Failure or Refusal to Perform Duties by Election Officials” and is currently on probation and could risk violating his plea agreement if he tries to challenge the results of this election. Supervisor Crosby still faces charges for refusing to certify the 2022 election.
This comes as the slow counting process in Arizona will take a few more days or a week, and the number of votes has increased in Pima and Yuma counties:
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The main tabulator in Cochise County, Arizona, had a “mechanical breakdown,” affecting the ability to count ballots.
“The election department is trying to use an alternate tabulator; however, it will not be tabulating ballots continuously.”
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Update from Cochise County Thursday:
Election results updates posted today include 25,950 tabulated ballots. There are approximately 34,799 early ballots to be processed and tabulated, which includes approximately 8,031 ballots processed by the Recorder’s office for signature verification and treatment.
Cochise County experienced a mechanical problem with the primary tabulator document tray feed this morning. The Department of Elections is trying to use an alternative tabulator, but it will not tabulate consistently. Because of this problem, we chose not to use this tabulator and processed it in the main tabulator. A mechanical breakdown affected the ballot tabulation process, but did not affect the number of votes tabulated and cast. The Election Systems & Software (ESS) Technician is traveling to Cochise County and is scheduled to arrive this afternoon to work on the main tabulator document tray issue.
Thank you for your patience and more information will be provided in the voting update at 5pm.
On Friday, Cochise released another update on Friday:
Regarding the tabulation problem reported, the problem with the tabulators is related to the malfunction of the feeding tray rather than the problem with the tabulating process itself. Both tabulators are used now, although the operation is slower than normal. Cochise County Elections expects to have all ballots fully tabulated by the middle of next week.
In an effort to speed up this process, ES&S is providing a loan tabulator, which will arrive tomorrow. ES&S technicians are already on site and will remain to help set up and ensure the new tabulator is working. Since the new loan tabulator, it requires programming, and therefore, the L&A (Logic and Accuracy) test must be carried out by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State’s office is scheduled to arrive Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. to conduct the test. Both party chairs have been informed of the scheduled tests, and the Supervisory Board and the Secretary of State are kept informed of the process.
Gateway Pundit will continue to provide updates on the Arizona shadow election and the results of the Kari Lake race for Senate.
