The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted no to hand count ballots in the 2024 election.
The Republican-led board voted 3-2 to not to a hand count, after the Deputy County Attorney argued against pursuing the hand count because of the cost and time associated.
The meeting took place for about two hours, with the public making comments, and the board telling both sides of the argument.
“Hand counting is absolutely preferable to machines, in my opinion,” said one person in attendance. “We’ve seen what’s happened. Handled legally and correctly, the only way to ensure a legal and accurate vote count is with humans at the helm.”
“Humans make mistakes,” said another. “That’s why, at the end of every election before, you get the results to certify. A canvass is done. I’ve [taken part] in that, and it was eye-opening to me.”
From The Gateway Pundit:
State Attorney General Kris Mayes issued an opinion in May stating that counting the ballots by hand rather than using machines would be illegal, and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wrote Mohave supervisors a letter in June telling them the same thing. Both are Democrats. State law does not explicitly say all ballots must be counted by machines, but Fontes and others say other sections of law imply it.
