Kari Lake appeals election to AZ Supreme Court.
Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Appeals Election Case
Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has taken her election case to the state’s Supreme Court, claiming that thousands of improperly configured ballots affected the outcome of last year’s governor’s race.
In her appeal filed on July 14 (
“The ballot-on-demand printer investigation report by former Chief Justice McGregor (‘the McGregor Report’) found that ‘four printers randomly printed one or a few ‘fit to page’ ballots in the middle of printing a batch of ballots … [n]one of the technical people with whom we spoke could explain how or why that error occurred,'” states the appeal.
An expert witness for Lake, a former Fox affiliate anchor, testified that this ”error” could only be the result of malware or remote access, leading to at least 8,000 misconfigured ballots, most of which were neither duplicated nor counted.
The defendants in the case, including Maricopa County officials and the Arizona secretary of state’s office, have not publicly responded or filed any documents in relation to the case.
Courts Show Limited Interest
Although several of Lake’s legal challenges have been rejected by state courts, she has expressed her willingness to take her lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. However, the highest court has shown little interest in taking up election challenges since late 2020.
“I believe this is our best hope for election reform: my case,” Lake said in a recent interview. “We have the truth on our side. We have tons of evidence. Yes, we haven’t received a favorable ruling from a judge yet, but it takes a lot of courage to make the right decision in this case.”
Lake has never conceded the race to Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs, who took office earlier this year. Additionally, in media interviews, Lake has hinted at the possibility of running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by former Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), potentially creating a three-way race between Lake, Sinema, and Rep. Reuben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
Meanwhile, in a separate case, another court has ordered Lake’s team and former Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem’s team to pay $122,200 in sanctions. U.S. District Judge John Tuchi in Phoenix also ruled that former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz must pay approximately 10 percent of the fine for signing off on various legal documents in the case.
“Failing to impose meaningful sanctions here might very well encourage others to follow suit by lending their credibility to documents filed in court,” warned Judge Tuchi.
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