Hildy Angius Was A Member Of The Mohave County Board Of Supervisors In 2024. [Mohave County, District 2, accessed 1/23/24]

Hildy Angius Was Elected To The Mohave County Board Of Supervisors As A Republican In 2020. [Mohave County, 2020 Election Results, 11/12/20]

ANGIUS WAS AN ELECTION DENIER WHO VOTED TO DELAY CERTIFICATION OF THE 2020 ELECTION

Hildy Angius And Ron Gould Spoke At A Pro-Trump Rally Held To Support His Challenge To 2020 Election Results. “Seizing on the hopeful news as President Donald Trump continues to launch legal battles to challenge results of the election earlier this month, Bullhead City-area Republicans came together Thursday afternoon in Rotary Park to hold a pro-Trump rally. About 75 people showed up in the middle of the day to hear speakers that included Mohave County Sups. Hildy Angius and Ron Gould and Kingman doctor Laurence Schiff, president of the Conservative Republican Club of Kingman. The gist of what they all had to say was in essence: Don't give up hope. According to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Trump won by a landslide, and stated the campaign legal team was going to prove it. Giuliani went state by state, listing outcomes that Trump allies have said will be reversed in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia, among other states.” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 11/19/20]

Hildy Angius Wanted To Delay Certification To Show Solidarity On The Bigger Picture Questions Over The 2020 Elections And Not Over Concern For Mohave’s Election. “The board voted to delay the canvass and instead conduct it during a special meeting scheduled next Monday. Angius and Gould said they were uncomfortable making Mohave County's results official when ballot-counting continues in Maricopa County and legal challenges are pending across the country. Angius said the county election results are not in question but that holding off on the canvass signals a stand of solidarity on the bigger picture and cloud hanging over the outcome of the presidential contest. She made clear that the canvass delay does not in any way cast a negative light on how county officials, departments and volunteers handled the election. ‘Thank you for the great job that you did,’ Angius told Elections Director Allen Tempert. ‘I think everybody agrees on that.’” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 11/16/20]

HILDY ANGIUS VOTED TO DELAY 2022 ELECTION CERTIFICATION TO PROTEST OTHER COUNTY’S ELECTIONS; ONLY CERTIFIED “UNDER DURESS”

Hildy Angius Voted To Delay Certification Of The 2022 Election, Calling It A “Statement Of Solidarity.” “On Monday, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, all Republicans,  also voted to delay certifying the election results until Nov. 28. But in that case, there was no impassioned public comment. Two supervisors, in fact, said the delay was simply an effort to make a political statement. Supervisor Hildy Angius, a Republican, even promised the county would certify before the deadline. ‘If we don’t certify today we are just making basically a statement of solidarity,’ she said, implying that she supported the overall effort not to certify the election.” [Arizona Mirror, 11/23/22]

Hildy Angius Said Mohave’s Election Was Well-Run And Said The County Election Directors Could Teach Maricopa County Officials “Some Lessons On How It Was Done.” “In Mohave County, Anguis praised the county’s elections director, Allen Tempert, for a well-run election, saying she wishes that he could give Maricopa County officials ‘some lessons on how it was done.’ Tempert told the board that there is no such thing as a perfect election, but this one was ‘very, very successful.’ About 82,800 voters cast ballots in the election, a turnout of about 56.3%.” [Arizona Mirror, 11/23/22]

Hildy Angius Said If The Mohave County Board Didn’t Vote To Certify The Election, It Would Have Nothing To Do With How Mohave County’s Elections Were Run. “Anguis said that if they didn’t vote to certify, ‘this has nothing to do with Mohave County, because you did an awesome job.’”  [Arizona Mirror, 11/23/22]

Hildy Angius Said She Voted To Certify The 2022 General Election Results “Under Duress” Caused By “The Chaos Maricopa County Has Foisted Into Our Election Process.” “The supervisors eventually certified the Mohave County election but not until a special meeting on Nov. 28. And even at that special meeting held on the deadline for counties to certify election results, both Angius and Gould said they were doing so ‘under duress.’ Angius said her duress was caused by ‘the chaos Maricopa County has foisted into our election process’ while Gould, a former state legislator, said his duress was caused by state law requiring the supervisors to certify the results or risk possible prosecution.” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 12/11/22]

Hildy Angius Claimed The Action Deadline To Certify The 2022 General Election Was 12/5 According To People “Who Really Understand Election Law.” “The election was Nov. 8, establishing the Nov. 28 deadline based on the statute created by the Arizona Legislature. Failure to certify by the deadline would void all election results, including those for county offices and judicial seats. It also could impact statewide races that might be altered without Mohave County's vote totals. But Supervisor Hildy Angius said she had been told the actual deadline was Dec. 5. On more than one occasion, she referred to the ‘contrary’ information on the deadline. Angius did not specify who told her the deadline was Dec. 5 but said it came from people ‘who really understand election law.’ That interpretation was far different that the one Haws shared.” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 11/29/22]

Hildy Angius Suggested There Should Be An Avenue To Not Certify Elections After Noting There Was No Mechanism In Statute Allowing Counties Not To Certify. “When the afternoon session began, Angius made a statement before making a motion to accept the results. ‘The bottom line is that there is no mechanism in state statute to allow counties not to certify elections,’ she said. ‘It is a purely administrative function.’ She suggested ‘if it's purely administrative, there should be another avenue for it.’ Angius said that not certifying would only ‘prolong the agony without actually changing anything.’ ‘To not certify this election at all, which I don't think was ever our intent, would certainly disenfranchise the voters of Mohave County and hurt our candidates who worked so hard to get elected,’ she said. ‘This process has been so eye-opening and not in a good way.’” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 11/29/22]

Hildy Angius On Voting To Delay Certification Of The 2022 Election: “It's A Political Statement. I'm Not Going To Lie.” “Supervisors in Mohave County in western Arizona on Monday refused to certify the results of the 2022 election, delaying the decision in what some called a "political statement" to show dissatisfaction with how the election was run in the Phoenix area. [...] Cochise officials also will reconvene Nov. 28 to reconsider their canvass but asked for ‘proof’ the election machines are certified. Mohave officials, on the other hand, simply wanted to send a message. ‘It's a political statement. I'm not going to lie,’ Mohave Supervisor Hildy Angius said before the board voted 3-2 to delay until Monday, the last day allowed by law for counties to certify.” [Arizona Republic, 11/21/22]

ANGIUS BACKED COCHISE COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO WERE CHARGED FOR THEIR REFUSAL TO CANVASS THEIR ELECTION RESULTS

Hildy Anguis Criticized The Felony Charges Against Cochise County Officials Who Refused To Canvass The Election Results, Claiming “The Power Of Our Local Government Is Being Taken Away.” “Two Mohave County supervisors say they're angry about the recent felony charges of their colleagues in Cochise County. The indictments were announced last week by the Arizona Attorney General's Office after a year-long investigation into Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd, 61, and Tom Crosby, 64, who refused to canvass the results of the 2022 general election until they were ordered to do so last Dec. 1 by an Arizona Superior Court Judge. Judd and Crosby, who make up a Republican majority on the three-person Cochise County Board of Supervisors, were charged last week with conspiracy to delay a formal canvass of last year's election. They have also been charged with one felony count of interfering with an election officer - namely, former Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, in her effort to complete last year's statewide canvass. Mohave County Supervisor Hildy Angius addressed the indictment at Monday's meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors. ‘The power of our local governments is being taken away,’ Angius said. ‘What they're saying is that our purpose (as a board of supervisors) is administrative, and the elections are really being conducted and approved by the election director, and that's it. Then it goes to the state.’” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 12/6/23]

Hildy Angius Defended A County’s Right To Protest Canvass And Said She Would Seek A Resolution Of Support Against The Charged Officials. “Angius on Monday defended a county's right to protest canvass of an election, if there exists the belief that such an election may not have been conducted appropriately. ‘I'm going to ask the county to do a resolution in support of (Judd and Crosby), and against the attorney general, who I think has overstepped.’” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 12/6/23]

Hildy Angius Said Mohave County Supervisors Who Delayed Canvass “Wanted To Make Sure The Elections Are Done Fairly And Correctly” And Warned If They Didn’t Fight Now, It Would “Come Back And Haunt Us.” “Angius remarked on possible charges last year faced by Mohave County supervisors, after the county delayed its own canvass in protest of perceived flaws in the 2022 general election. ‘We merely wanted to make sure the elections are done fairly and correctly,’ Angius said. ‘I think if we don't fight this now, this is going to come back and haunt us … This is important, and I think we all need to stand up for the supervisors and for Cochise County.’” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 12/6/23]

ANGIUS ENDORSED HAND COUNTS AND WAS CRITICAL OF COMPUTERS

Hildy Angius Endorsed A Hand Count For The Presidential Preference Primary And Said, “If It’s A Matter Of Law, Let’s Fight It Out In Court.” “Facing a near-certain lawsuit by the attorney general and many unanswered questions, Mohave County supervisors rejected a bid to tally future elections with a hand count. The 3-2 vote Monday against the motion to proceed came despite exhortations by state Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli, who insisted the maneuver would be legal. He told the supervisors if they were not sure, they could conduct what effectively would be a legal experiment: Do a hand count of the March presidential preference primary. That got the support of Supervisor Hildy Angius. ‘What's the harm of doing the presidential preference election which is one race?’ she asked. ‘And, if it's a matter of law, let's fight it out in court.'” [Capitol Media Services, 11/1/23]

When Hildy Angius Was Told About A Software Glitch That Temporarily Caused An Issue At Polling Places, She Said “That’s Why We Hate Computers.” “Until then, some polling places resorted to hand-written receipts. He said it was a software issue that was fixed remotely by the vendor. The issue did not impact the pollbooks' other task, tracking voting through a secure network to prevent a voter from casting ballots at more than one polling place on Election Day. ‘There were problems in Bullhead,’ Tempert said in discussion with Supervisor Hildy Angius, who said some people tried to vote before going to work on Election Day and found it difficult. ‘That's why we hate computers,’ Angius said after Tempert explained the glitch. ‘That's why I hate computers,’ he agreed, ‘but I certainly wouldn't want to hand-count everything.’” [Mohave Valley Daily News, 8/14/22]