Election certification avoiding chaos, except in Arizona

By MORGAN LEE and SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Certification of this year’s midterm election results appears to be proceeding smoothly and with little controversy across the country, save for one hiccup in a rural Arizona county. That has calmed fears that local commissions consumed by talk of election conspiracies would create chaos by refusing to validate the will of the voters. Certifications were happening even in places where suspicions about the fairness of elections ran deep and led to bitter clashes at local public meetings, including Nevada and New Mexico. But in Arizona’s Cochise County, the county board delayed accepting the results after hearing from conspiracy theorists, ignoring the state’s top election official.