A local Arizona elections chief who quit in a ballot-counting dispute just got a top state job

FILE – Members of the public attend a meeting of the Cochise County, Ariz., Board of Supervisors. to provide feedback on the proposed transfer of election functions and duties to the county recorder, on February 14, 2023, in Bisbee, Ariz. Lisa Marra, the former elections director for Arizona’s largely Republican Cochise County who resigned in 2023 over a flap over hand-counting ballots, has been elevated to a top electoral post for the state. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani, File)