Kari Lake appeals election to AZ Supreme Court.
Republican Candidate Appeals to Arizona Supreme Court in Election Case
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has taken her election case to the Arizona Supreme Court, claiming that 8,000 unreadable ballots were not properly configured during last year’s midterms.
In her appeal, Lake alleges that these 8,000 ballots were either duplicated or counted, and that they were also unreadable. According to her team, the ballot-on-demand printer investigation report by former Chief Justice McGregor found that “four printers randomly printed one or a few ‘fit to page’ ballots in the middle of printing a batch of ballots… none of the technical people with whom we spoke could explain how or why that error occurred.”
An expert for Lake testified that this ”error” could only result from malware or remote access, resulting in at least 8,000 misconfigured ballots, the majority 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 issued a public response or filing in the case.
Courts Have Little Appetite
While some of Lake’s legal challenges have been rejected by state courts, she remains determined and has expressed her willingness to take her lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. However, the top court has shown little interest in taking up election challenges since late 2020.
“This is, I believe, our best hope to bring about reform in our elections: my case,” Lake said in a recent interview. “I believe it’s the greatest election case. We have the truth on our side. We have tons of evidence. Yes, we haven’t had a judge rule in our favor. But it takes a lot of courage to make the right ruling on this case.”
Lake has never conceded the race to Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs, who took office earlier this year. Additionally, she has hinted at the possibility of running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by former Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), potentially creating a three-way race between Lake, Sinema, and Rep. Reuben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
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 stated that former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is also responsible for about 10 percent of the fine, as he signed off on several 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 without consequences,” Judge Tuchi wrote.
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