Top election officials in Yavapai County leave amid threats

In a file photo, Jerry Emmett, who was born before women won the right to vote in the U.S., leaves the Yavapai County Administration Building with her son Jim, Yavapai County Recorder Leslie Hoffman and Jack Fields, assistant Yavapai County administrator after casting her early ballot in the 2016 presidential election Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in Prescott. Hoffman said Friday, July 1, 2022, that she is resigning as Yavapai County Recorder due to all the "nastiness" she has received after more than a year and a half of threats and heated criticism from Republican backers of former President Donald Trump. Her last day is July 25, 2022. Hoffman said longtime elections director Lynn Constabile is leaving for the same reason. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier via AP, File)