Midterm Elections Updates: Arizona AG Gives County OK for Full Ballot Hand Counts

A poll worker handles ballots in Arizona, on Oct. 25, 2022. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images

The latest on the midterm elections.

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Arizona AG Gives County OK for Full Ballot Hand Counts

Arizona’s Republican attorney general has issued an opinion saying that county officials can hand-count all ballots in at least five races from the Nov. 8 election, a move that gives a green light to GOP officials in at least two counties who have been pushing for hand counts to ensure election intergrity.