New Arizona Election Case Filed, Says Thousands Of Votes Not Counted
Republican Arizona Candidat Abe Hamadeh Filed a new motion with Republican National Committee In Mohave County To again challenge the Nov. 8 election results in the attorney general’s race and claimed there is new evidence of voter disenfranchisements after hundreds of ballots were located in Pinal County.
Hamadeh, who was backed President Donald Trump He is an ally of the GOP candidate Kari LakeStatement by, Wednesday They claim they are filing the lawsuit “as a result of newly discovered evidence that voters were clearly disenfranchised.”
A recount of Hamadeh’s race against now-Attorney General Kris Mayes This shows that he lost by approximately 280 votes. But A 600-page motion for a fresh trial (pdf) filed this week asks a Mohave County Judge to resurrect his lawsuit challenging these results.
“We simply ask that we be given the opportunity to apply the Pinal County process across the board to conduct a physical inspection and hand count of ballots that if the Pinal County issue repeats itself anywhere else in the state could be outcome determinative in this election,” Hamadeh wrote On Twitter The latest challenge.
The Motion stated that “the vote count totals are likely inaccurate with thousands of Arizonans’ votes not counted, thus casting further doubt about the actual result.” Information That motion was not presented during the trial last month. The judge eventually tossed his election challenge.
Following The statewide automatic recount Mayes’ advantage over Hamadeh shrunk by about 230 votes—from more than 500 to about 280—over Hamadeh. Earlier This week Mayes, Democrat, was sworn in as attorney general, replacing the former GOP Attorney General Mark BrnovichDuring a ceremony Phoenix.
“The statewide automatic recount was primarily conducted by machine. However, during the course of this recount at least one county, Pinal, was conducting a parallel audit of its own elections processes which discovered discrepancies significant in the context of this race,” Hamadeh’s motion stated. It Then, cite the Pinal County The election director publicly stated that the reason for this disparity is because the canvass was filed before there was sufficient time to investigate any anomalies we could find from polling place returns.
“In other words, given more time, new evidence, and the physical inspection of ballots—the results changed,” It was argued. After A “partial” Investigation into the matter. Hamadeh His lawyers further contended that he had 277 votes.
A judge had toss Hamadeh’s previous lawsuit about two weeks ago. The Incorrective actions were alleged by suit Maricopa County The voting systems were announced on Monday by top officials Nov. 8. This could have cost him his election.
In December, Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen Allowed Hamadeh’s case to move to trial, allowing four out of five counts to be heard. HoweverDuring the trial Jantzen It was stated that “elements of the case” weren’t proven.
“The bottom line is you just haven’t proven your case. You haven’t met the burden. The mistakes that may have been made were not enough to overcome the presumption the court has to have in election cases,” He said two days before Christmas Last year. “It just doesn’t overcome the presumption that the election was done correctly,” He added.
After The ruling Hamadeh Posted on Twitter It was claimed that there were thousands upon thousands of provisional ballots uncounted. Arizona Voters were not allowed to vote.
Human Error
During A public hearing Wednesday, Pinal County An attorney Kent Volkmer The discrepancy in votes between canvassed and recounted was due to human error.
“We made mistakes. There’s no two ways about it,” Volkmer The Pinal County Board of Supervisors WednesdayAs reported By The Guardian. “Fortunately, it did not result in anybody’s election being changed.”
But Volkmer said he’s confident the recounted totals are correct.
“It took us a second try,” He said. “And a third try, quite frankly, with the day-of ballots. We have very thoroughly examined why this happened. And we’re taking every step we can to ensure that it does not happen again.”
The Epoch Times Contacted Mayes’ office for comment.
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