Arizona certifies election results, giving Biden electoral votes and Kelly the Senate win
Source: Washington Post
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs certified election results on Monday, officially naming Biden as the winner of the state and further cementing his national victory over Trump. Hobbs, a Democrat, certified the statewide vote in the company of two key Republicans, Gov. Doug Ducey and Attorney General Mark Brnovich. Brnovich has vocally defended the integrity of Arizona’s election against his own party’s claims of widespread fraud, saying his office investigated and found no evidence.
“This election was conducted with transparency, accuracy and fairness in accordance with Arizona’s laws and election procedures — despite numerous unfounded claims to the contrary," Hobbs said Monday. Ducey also said the state’s election was run properly. “The pandemic and covid-19 brought new unprecedented challenges for our state. But as I said before, we do elections well here in Arizona," he said. “The system is strong, and that’s why I have bragged on it so much.”
The certification paves the way not only for Biden to receive the state’s 11 electoral votes but also for Democrat Mark Kelly to join the U.S. Senate. Kelly, who defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Martha McSally in a special election Nov. 3, is expected to be sworn in Wednesday. The legal contests in Arizona are not over, however. It is one of several states that permits election results to be challenged after certification.
Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the state Republican Party, has said she intends to lodge such a challenge. She has already asked a court to allow her to begin inspecting mail ballots and envelopes, arguing that poor signature verification may have allowed fraudulent votes to be counted. A hearing on that request was underway as Hobbs certified the results.
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I hope I can tune in on C-Span when he first shows up. That'll be great.
I have a warm spot in my heart for him and Gabby. I saw them at a Hillary Clinton event back in 2016 - he, Gabby, and Bill were in Hartford to rally the troops.
https://i.imgur.com/u1hAIuAl.mp4
The sooner the better!
I am proud to say that Sen. Mark Kelly is my Senator.
for this all over the place. I knew Arizona was suppose to get Certified today but it seemed to get lost in the shuffle!
Yay Arizona Blue.. Thank YOU!
I had seen something over the weekend about this possibly happening today but then they acknowledged that they would obviously need to wait until the certification was completed and that of course that finally happened today, so Wednesday makes sense! 
So once that happens and all the way into January, Democrats gain a seat, with the split going from 53 - 47 to 52 - 48.
I just got done reading that whole thread. It was... shall we say... "entertaining". 
but the one thing that stood out to me was that their tone was relatively "tame" and even readable compared to the usual stuff there or even some of the garbage that one might see in comment sections for news sites. I.e., most of their vitriol was against their own party. And my first thought was that they should go with the Libertarians, and the shocker was that they actually validated something I have posted about - they like the style over substance. They actually considered Ron Paul dynamic but "fringe" (ya think??????? 
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I only had to take a 15 minute shower after leaving there vs the usual 30 minute one.