Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Democrat Secretary of State from Certifying 2024 Election if Counties Withhold Certification Due to Fraud
In a stunning rebuke to Arizona’s Democrat Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a federal judge has ruled that he cannot certify the results of the 2024 election if any counties withhold certification due to allegations of fraud.
In the recent federal court case involving American Encore and Adrian Fontes, Arizona’s Secretary of State, Judge Michael T. Liburdi issued an order on a challenge to the Arizona Election Procedures Manual (EPM).
The plaintiffs contended that the manual’s “Speech Provision” and “Canvass Provision” violated the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Arizona voters, specifically claiming it disenfranchised voters by allowing election officials to suppress speech and exclude votes from counties that fail to timely certify their results.
The Speech Provision in the manual explicitly prohibits actions like “raising one’s voice” or using “offensive language” at polling places,
