Arizona County Board Supervisor Says He Voted to Certify Election ‘Under Duress’

Arizona County Board Supervisor Says He Voted to Certify Election ‘Under Duress’
A poll worker handles ballots in Arizona on Oct. 25, 2022. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images
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The head of an Arizona county’s board of supervisors on Monday said that he voted to certify the Nov. 8 midterm election results because otherwise he would be arrested.

“I vote ‘aye’ under duress. I found out today that I have no choice but to vote ‘aye’ or I will be arrested and charged with a felony,” Mohave County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ron Gould said while casting his vote Monday. “I don’t think that that is what the founders had in mind when they used the democratic process to elect our leaders.”
Jack Phillips
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