Tucson.com:

The attorney general is asking Cochise County’s prosecutor to launch a criminal probe into whether Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is breaking the law.

The move came late Tuesday, after Hobbs ignored prior warnings from Attorney General Mark Brnovich that it would be illegal for her to shut down part of the E-Qual system where candidates can gather signatures online for their nominating petitions.

Hobbs said the temporary shutdown is necessary to update some data due to redistricting. Effective March 17, her office disabled the section for legislative and congressional candidates, even though their April 4 deadline for signatures is approaching.  

Now Brnovich wants Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre, a fellow Republican, to see if any laws were broken. He told McIntyre in a letter Tuesday that he gets to operate “independently of the attorney general’s office in determining what actions are appropriate to resolve this matter.”