The state Senate has passed a bill that would bar the attorney general from prosecuting a county that refuses to certify election results.
In 2022, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors refused to certify the results of the general election until a court ordered them to do so.
The measure would protect any county supervisor from litigation if they refused to certify election results in good faith.
Democratic Sen. Priya Sundareshan voted against the bill.
"If we are casting our votes, then our county supervisors should not be excused from transmitting those votes and certifying those votes simply because they have a good faith belief something went wrong," Sundareshan said.
The bill now goes back to the House.
