The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) unanimously passed a resolution on December 5 calling on the Arizona House of Representatives to impeach Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes (pictured above). The resolution cited Mayes’ record opposing election integrity, notably her prosecution of two Cochise County Supervisors over delaying the certification of the 2022 election for three days.
The MCRC executive board and all legislative district chairs voted for the resolution, which began, “WHEREAS, We, the Executive Guidance Committee of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, condemn Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ illegitimate political prosecution of the brave elected officials of Cochise County, Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, for acting in accordance with their oath of office.” It accused Mayes of “abusing her prosecutorial powers as the Arizona Attorney General,” by engaging in “an act of political prosecution common in dictatorships or communist countries.”
It listed “widespread vote tabulating equipment malfunctions” in Maricopa County and “critical tabulation errors” in Pinal County. Although Pinal Supervisor Jeff Serdy expressed his concerns about the latter, “Election Director Virginia Ross did not acknowledge these concerns and County Attorney Volkmer stated ‘I can tell you that I am incredibly confident, as confident as I could possibly be, in the numbers that are being provided to this board.’”
However, “[p]ublic records later determined that the Pinal County canvass report was never balanced,” and “Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis notified the AZSOS of the errors in an email prior to the State canvass and alerted them that they had ‘some discrepancies,’” the resolution said.
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