Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Officials in an Arizona county have been sued over their plan to hand count ballots cast in next week's midterm election.

The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans said Cochise County officials are poised to violate the law with the hand count and have asked a state judge to block the plan.

A.R.S. Section 16-602(F), the plaintiffs said, outlines that hand counts may only be conducted with specific parameters, including counting a sample of no more than 5,000 ballots.