County board members in California and Colorado are still fighting the certification of the presidential election after election integrity issues occurred.
In one California county, supervisors declared the election results “under duress,” while county canvass board members in seven Colorado counties rejected election certification. In both instances, election irregularities had occurred during the November election cycle that resulted in the county board members’ hesitation to certify election results.
California’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors Chair Kevin Crye, Patrick Jones, and Chris Kelstrom all voted to declare the general election results “under duress” on Tuesday. The two other supervisors declared the election results without the “under duress” wording.
Shasta County Registrar of Voters Tom Toller told the board during the Tuesday meeting that while supervisors have the legal duty to declare election results, doing so is not necessary to make them official. The supervisors had sent the official results to the state the prior week, signing under penalty of perjury that the results were accurate.
The board’s decision came after many voters asked that the election results not be certified because of issues regarding ink overspray on ballots and voting machine problems in the November election. […]
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