While the election hearing is underway with the Arizona legislature, Governor Doug Ducey has just certified the 2020 vote for Joe Biden and Mark Kelly:
#BREAKING: Arizona has certified the official canvass results of the 2020 general election. Gov. Doug Ducey, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Mark Brnovich & Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel were in attendance for the canvass and signing of documents. #USPolitics
— Sean Previl (@SeanPrevil) November 30, 2020
This certified the victories for both president-elect Joe Biden and incoming Sen. Mark Kelly in the state, the latter who will be sworn in on Wednesday. #USPolitics
— Sean Previl (@SeanPrevil) November 30, 2020
A lot of people are reacting to this in a negative way, but Robert Barnes says this paves the way for an election challenge and that Ducey has said he won’t certify actual electors until the challenges are resolved:
This does not mean Biden will receive the state's electoral votes. Certification triggers the right to contest the election, the Governor has said he won't certify electors until litigation is resolved, legislators can still send their own electors, and Congress can still object. https://t.co/uR4NBIPxlG
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) November 30, 2020