Below is a selection of articles that have been published about elections in Cochise County, the Recorder’s office, Anne Carl, David Stevens, and related topics.
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- 10/28/24 – How Arizona Became the Epicenter of Election Conspiracy Theories – Votebeat
- 10/11/24 – Incumbent David Stevens challenged by Anne Carl in Cochise County Recorder race – KGUN
- 10/6/24 – Stevens is only countywide Republican incumbent facing serious challenge – Sierra Vista Herald
7/26/24 – Stevens’ personal cell phone must be examined as part of public records lawsuit – Sierra Vista Herald - 7/16/24 – Inside the private pressure campaign to force hand-counting of Arizona ballots – Votebeat/AZ Mirror
- 3/15/24 – Conspiracy theory leaves Arizona county with a $200k problem – CNN
- 2/13/24 – McIntyre’s office hires top Phoenix law firm to defend county in public records lawsuit – Sierra Vista Herald
- 2/13/24 – Following the paper trail: How Cochise County got stuck with 10 tons of ballot paper it can’t use – Votebeat
- 11/25/23 – ‘The poison continues to spread’: legal losses fail to quell election denial hotbed – The Guardian
- 10/31/23 – Arizona Attorney General Investigating County Officials Who Refused to Certify 2022 Election – US News and World and Report
- 10/30/23 – Cochise County officials who refused to certify the 2022 election are being investigated by the AG – AZ Mirror
- 10/18/23 – Arizona Court Rules Cochise County May Not Hand Count Ballots in Future Elections – Democracy Docket
- 10/17/23 – Cochise County hires elections director with experience working for the county’s leaders – Arizona Republic
- 10/14/23 – Cochise County’s process for verifying ballot signatures remains unchanged – Sierra Vista Herald
- 9/30/23 – Second Cochise County Elections Director to resign post in 2023 offers grim assessment as we enter 2024 election season: “this is a toxic environment.” – Cochise Regional News
- 9/18/23 – Cochise County Elections Director Resigns, Again – Arizona Public Media
- 8/23/23 – County election duties go back to Bartlesmeyer with oversight from Karwaczka – Sierra Vista Herald
- 8/22/23 – Arizona pilot for secure ballot paper won’t move forward as planned – Votebeat
- 8/7/23 – Secure ballots or boondoggle? Arizona county tailors project to politically connected firm – Votebeat
- 7/20/23 – Ballot question to remove Douglas AMA is thrown out – Arizona Public Media
- 7/18/23 – Hand counting ballots a ‘recipe for chaos’ attorney tells Arizona appeals court – Arizona Capitol Media/Daily Independent
- 7/12/23 – Cochise County Supervisors eye new contract for “ballot fraud countermeasures” – Arizona Public Media
- 6/29/23 – ‘It warrants a criminal investigation’: Prominent former prosecutor seeks probe of Cyber Ninjas – Arizona Republic
- 6/28/23 – Arizona elections would have fewer rules under Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ new manual – AZ Mirror/VoteBeat
- 6/16/23 – Hobbs puts veto stamp to work again – 119 measures rejected – Arizona Capital Times
- 4/28/23 – Crosby recall efforts race to the finish line – Arizona Public Media
- 4/25/23 – Arizona county hires election director who spread false claims about 2020 – The Guardian
- 4/23/23 – Recall efforts to oust Cochise County supervisor met with harassment, threats – Arizona Republic
- 4/6/23 – Cochise supervisors ordered to pay legal fees in election certification suit – AZ Mirror
- 4/5/23 – Cochise County Confrontation Signals Election Dangers, Tim Steller editorial – Arizona Daily Star
- 4/4/23 – Confrontation over signature-gathering for Cochise County recall election – Arizona Daily Star
- 3/31/23 – Interim Elections Director Stevens confronts recall petitioners – Sierra Vista Herald
- 3/16/23 – Could election denialism in a feuding Arizona county upend US democracy? – The Guardian
- 3/15/23 – ‘Dangerous’: Grijalva asks DOJ to investigate Cochise County election policy – Arizona Republic
- 3/9/23 – Some Election Officials Refused to Certify Results. Few Were Held Accountable. – ProPublica
- 3/8/23 – Arizona Sues After County Puts an Election Skeptic in Charge of Voting – New York Times
- 3/1/23 – Cochise County Gives Election Skeptic Recorder Near Full Control of Elections – Arizona Mirror/VoteBeat
- 2/28/23 – Cochise County gives recorder control over elections; concerns raised about how power will get used – Arizona Republic
- 2/7/23 – How David Stevens is making Cochise County a ‘laboratory’ for election skepticism – Arizona Mirror/Votebeat
- 1/26/23 – Cochise County’s elections director resigns after protecting midterm ballots from Republican officials – Arizona Mirror