What’s Going On? Maricopa County Recorder Makes Strange Move Amid Controversy Over Arizona’s Slow Ballot Count

Maricopa County, Arizona, Recorder Stephen Richer deleted his X account Thursday with hundreds of thousands of ballots still to be counted.
The county’s slow reporting of election results has raised concerns — particularly among supporters of GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake who is in a very tight race with Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego — that the delay is allowing room for foul play.
Lake was tied with or had taken a slight lead over Gallego in multiple polls going into Tuesday’s election, though Gallego still had a 2.6 advantage in the Real Clear Politics average of polls going back into late October.

However, the RCP average only had Republican Donald Trump ahead in the state by 3 percent, but he currently has …