PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake’s challenge to her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona’s gubernatorial race, rejecting her request to reject the election effects in the state’s most populous county and hold the election again.
In a ruling Thursday, the Arizona Court of Appeals wrote that Lake, who claimed that disturbances with poll printers at some police stations on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct, presented no evidence that voters whose polls were illegible through ballot boxes at polling stations were unable to vote. The court said even a witness called through Lake to testify showed that polls that simply can’t be read in the first place can have their votes counted at polling stations.
And while a pollster who testified on Lake’s behalf said the polling station disorder hurt the electorate enough to replace Lake’s result, the court said his conclusion had no merit.
The appeals court wrote that Lake’s appeal failed because the evidence supported the conclusion that “voters should vote, votes were counted correctly, and no other basis justifies the nullification of the election results. “
Shortly after the ruling, Lake tweeted, “I told you we would take this case all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court, and that’s precisely what we’re going to do. Buckle up, USA!
Lake, who lost to Hobbs by just over 17,000 votes, is among the most vocal Republicans of 2022 for peddling the lies of former President Donald Trump’s crusade, which she made the centerpiece of his crusade. in November, Lake did not.
Lake’s lawyers focused on problems with poll printers at some polling stations in Maricopa County, which are home to more than 60 percent of the state’s voters. The faulty printers produced polls that were too smooth to be read through tabular trees at polling stations. The lines receded in some spaces amid the confusion.
County officials say everyone had a chance to vote and all ballots were counted as affected ballots through printers were sent to more counters at Department of Elections headquarters.
Lake’s lawyers also say the chain of custody of the ballots was damaged at an outside facility, where a contractor scans mailed ballots to prepare them for processing. They allege that facility staff placed their own mailed ballots in the pile, returned through general channels, and also that documents documenting the movement of ballots were missing. The county is challenging the request.
Hobbs’ lawyers said Lake sought to sow distrust in the effects of the Arizona election and provided no evidence for his allegations of election misconduct.
Lake faced incredibly high odds in her challenge, having to discover not only that a failure occurred, but also that she was destined to deny her victory and resulted in the wrong woman being declared the winner. In their appeal, his lawyers argued that a lower court will rule on the application of the wrong popular test in deciding the case.
Hobbs took office as governor on January 2.
Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
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