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Arizona Republican official pleads guilty in election interference case
Peggy Judd, a Cochise County supervisor, was indicted last year for delaying her county's certification of the 2022 election.
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A rural Republican county official in Arizona had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor after she was charged with refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results before the state deadline.
The woman, Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd, was indicted in November on felony charges of conspiracy and election interference after she voted to delay certifying the midterm election results. At the time, Judd, alongside fellow Republican Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby, cited unsubstantiated claims that there were issues with the machines used to tabulate ballots.
On Monday, Judd pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing or refusing to perform her duty as an election officer, allowing her to avoid a felony conviction. The charge is a class 3 misdemeanor and carries a sentencing of 90 days of unsupervised probation and a $500 fine.
"Any attempt to interfere with elections in Arizona will not be tolerated," Kris Mayes, the state's attorney general, said in a statement Monday. "My office will continue to pursue justice and ensure that anyone who undermines our electoral system is held accountable."
