{"id":2040315,"date":"2023-09-21T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-takes-maricopa-county-to-court-after-govt-buries-evidence-in-election-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:38:53","slug":"kari-lake-takes-maricopa-county-to-court-after-govt-buries-evidence-in-election-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-takes-maricopa-county-to-court-after-govt-buries-evidence-in-election-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake sues Maricopa County over hidden evidence in election dispute."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkari-lake-takes-maricopa-county-to-court-after-govt-buries-evidence-in-election-challenge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2040315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Arizona GOP Gubernatorial \u200cNominee Kari Lake\u2064 Takes\u200b Maricopa County to Court Over Mail-In \u2062Ballot Envelopes<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, Kari Lake,\u2064 the 2022\u200d GOP gubernatorial\u200b nominee in Arizona, returned to state court to request access to review the signatures\u200b on mail-in ballot envelopes from the November \u2063general \u200delection \u200din Maricopa County.<\/p>\n<p>However, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer denied Lake&#8217;s\u2063 request, citing a &#8220;privacy interest&#8221; to\u2064 protect\u200c voters&#8217; information.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">social media site<\/a>, Richer argued that \u200cmaking the signatures public would have a negative impact on voting\u200b security \u200cand could lead \u2063to voter harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Lake responded\u2063 by accusing Richer of lying\u200d and\u200b clarified that\u200b they were\u200c not asking for the signatures to be made\u2062 public, but \u2062rather to review \u200bthem\u2062 for legitimacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Professional Victim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephen_richer?\">@stephen_richer<\/a> is lying again.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not asking these signatures to be\u200b made public.<\/p>\n<p>We are asking\u2064 to review them to assess whether they are legitimate or not.<\/p>\n<p>We have a STRONG reason to believe they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, so does Stephen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0KxW1a1TkR\">pic.twitter.com\/0KxW1a1TkR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kari Lake\u2064 (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1704532574604021789?\">September 20,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In court, Lake&#8217;s attorney argued that signatures are regularly seen in public\u200d commerce, such as on credit card slips \u2062and legal forms,\u200b and therefore should not be protected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Watch!\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake?\">@KariLake<\/a> \u2063 Attorney\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlehmLawAZ?\">@BlehmLawAZ<\/a>\u2018s opening \u2064statement at today\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignatures have never really been anything special. And \u2064that\u2019s \u200dwhy we \u200cso\u2064 routinely, so commonly, so every day, your honor, deposit them into the\u200b stream of commerce where they wind up on the\u2064 County\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8AIw50GkDU\">pic.twitter.com\/8AIw50GkDU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063Kari Lake War\u200c Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLakeWarRoom\/status\/1704912303479509316?\">September 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lake&#8217;s legal\u2062 action follows a recent ruling that found Maricopa \u200bCounty officials did not follow the required signature verification process. The\u2063 statute in question states that election officials should compare the signatures on the ballot envelopes\u200c with the signatures on\u2062 the voter&#8217;s \u2063registration \u2064record.<\/p>\n<p>In response\u2062 to the ruling, Lake expressed\u200d concern about \u2063the integrity of the elections and emphasized the importance of following election laws.<\/p>\n<p>She stated, &#8220;Maricopa County&#8217;s complete abandonment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-has-utmost-confidence-in-victory-after-court-finds-maricopa-county-signature-verification-unlawful\/\" title=\"Kari Lake remains confident in victory as court deems Maricopa County signature verification illegal.\">signature verification standards<\/a> has \u200callowed for the\u200d integrity of our elections\u2063 to be washed \u200caway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lake remains confident in winning the lawsuit to review the early\u200b ballot \u2064signatures and believes that\u200d mail-in ballots\u2064 are not secure.<\/p>\n<p>She also criticized Maricopa County for exaggerating the potential risks of \u200cmaking \u200cthe signatures public.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Lake has an ongoing case\u2063 challenging the win of Democratic\u2064 Governor Katie Hobbs in \u200bthe November election.<\/p>\n<p>The fight over the mail-in ballot\u2062 envelopes continues as Lake\u2064 seeks to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-policies-need-to-be-fought-off-by-states-rep-steube\/\" title=\"Progressive Policies Need to Be Fought Off by States: Rep. Steube\">ensure election integrity<\/a> and transparency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should Maricopa County hand over the ballot envelopes?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u200cpoll entitles you to The Western Journal \u200cnews\u200d updates \u200bfree of \u2064charge. You may opt \u200bout at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (3\u2062 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3477151\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>Lake stated, \u200d&#8221;We&#8217;re going to ask a judge to take a look at this and to grant\u200d us\u200b the ability\u200d to see those \u200cgreen envelopes that people mail \u2062their ballots back in, \u200cand\u2063 we&#8217;re going to prove that mail-in\u2063 ballots are not safe, are not secure, that \u200cmany don&#8217;t have signatures, that many of\u200d those signatures do not match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two-Day Arizona Trial To\u2064 Put Mail-In Ballots\u2064 On The Stand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake?\">@karilake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mU14chHiZP\">https:\/\/t.co\/mU14chHiZP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZHJPUsbtGu\">pic.twitter.com\/ZHJPUsbtGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Grace\u2063 Chong  (@gc22gc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gc22gc\/status\/1704899252999290980?\">September 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Lake continues\u200d her\u200d legal battle, she remains\u200c determined\u200d to ensure\u2063 election integrity and hold \u200dMaricopa County accountable for \u2062their \u2064handling of \u200dthe\u2062 election.<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-takes-maricopa-county-court-govt-buries-evidence-election-challenge\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>The electoral process.<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Kari Lake\u2062 has taken Maricopa County \u2064to court \u2062over mail-in ballot envelopes from\u200b the November general election. Lake requested access \u2064to \u2062review the signatures on these envelopes, \u200cbut her request was denied \u2064by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.<\/p>\n<p>Richer cited a &#8220;privacy interest&#8221; to protect voters&#8217; information as the reason for denying Lake&#8217;s\u2062 request. He argued on\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-doj-sent-him-target-letter-in-january-6-probe-signaling-he-is-about-to-be-indicted\/\" title=\"Trump claims DOJ sent him target letter in Jan 6 probe, hinting at imminent indictment.\">social media \u200dsite<\/a> that \u200bmaking the signatures \u200cpublic could negatively impact voting\u200c security and lead to voter harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Lake responded \u200cby\u2062 accusing Richer of\u2063 lying and clarified that she\u2062 was not\u2063 asking for the signatures to\u200c be made public. Instead,\u200d she\u200d wanted to review them to assess their legitimacy.\u200b She\u2062 also\u2063 expressed a strong reason to believe that the signatures\u2063 are not \u200clegitimate, implying that Richer shares this belief.<\/p>\n<p>In court, Lake&#8217;s\u200b attorney argued that\u2064 signatures are\u200c regularly seen in\u200d public commerce, such as on credit card slips and legal forms, and therefore should not be \u2063protected. They \u2064argued that signature verification\u2064 is an important part of the election process\u200d and should \u2064be\u200c subject \u200cto review.<\/p>\n<p>Lake&#8217;s legal action comes\u200c after\u2063 a \u200crecent ruling that found Maricopa \u200cCounty officials did not follow the required signature verification process. The statute in question states that election officials should \u2064compare the signatures on \u200dthe ballot envelopes with the signatures on the voter&#8217;s\u200d registration record.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063response\u200c to the ruling, Lake\u2062 expressed concern about the integrity of the \u2062elections and \u200bemphasized the importance\u2063 of following election laws. She criticized Maricopa County for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-takes-maricopa-county-to-court-after-govt-buries-evidence-in-election-challenge\/\" title=\"Kari Lake sues Maricopa County over hidden evidence in election dispute.\">abandoning signature\u200d verification standards<\/a>, which she believes has compromised the integrity \u2064of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona GOP nominee Kari Lake returned to state court, requesting access to review mail-in ballot envelope signatures from the 2022 general election in Maricopa County. 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