PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted two local Republican officials for interfering with last year’s midterm elections by attempting to delay certification of election results, the state’s top prosecutor announced Wednesday.Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd, 61, and Tom Crosby, 64, are each charged with felony counts of conspiracy and interference with an election officer, according to the Maricopa County Superior Court indictment. The indictment alleges that Judd and Crosby conspired together to delay the statewide canvass of the November 2022 election.“The repeated attempts to undermine our democracy are unacceptable,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat whose office investigated and presented the case to the grand jury, said in a statement Wednesday. “I took an oath to uphold the rule of law, and my office will continue to enforce Arizona’s elections laws and support our election officials as they carry out the duties and responsibilities of their offices.”Dennis Wilenchik, a Phoenix lawyer who represents Crosby, said the indictm …
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