CLAIM: Yavapai and Gila counties in Arizona are delaying the certification of their midterm election results.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Gila County certified its results on Nov. 18, while Yavapai County plans to do so on Nov. 28, county officials tell The Associated Press. Two other Arizona counties delayed certifying their election results.
THE FACTS: With two Arizona counties, Cochise and Mohave, both Republican-controlled, delaying the certification of the midterm election results, social media users have spread baseless claims that Gila and Yavapai counties have done the same. The claims spread on multiple platforms, including Facebook and Truth Social.
“Meanwhile in Arizona…..Gila and Yavapai counties joining with Cochise - not certifying. Two additional counties considering the same,” Lara Logan, a former Fox Nation host, wrote in a tweet on Sunday that was shared over 7,000 times.
Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican who backed a partisan review of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County, also shared Logan’s tweet Sunday, writing, “Gila and Yavapai are two counties I still represent. Oh yeah. #ruralAZ knows. #ruralAZ ROCKS!”
In a separate tweet on Monday, Logan clarified that Gila County had certified its results “last Friday,” quoting Rogers. Rogers retweeted the clarification, though neither deleted their original inaccurate posts, and neither corrected the false claim about Yavapai County.
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