Election Integrity
Arizona Election on Trial
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Wrong-size ballots: A troubling discovery during the Arizona election was the shrunken ballot images printed on ballots rejected at several vote centers, raising questions as to whether the ballots were counted.

Arizona Election on Trial

Though a judge dismissed Kari Lake’s lawsuit on Christmas Eve, Lake has appealed the decision, vowing to take the fight all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court. ...
Annalisa Pesek
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 While Secretary of State Katie Hobbs believed that Kari Lake’s lawsuit would be quickly tossed out before it went to any type of trial, the judge overseeing the case saw Lake’s challenge to the election as a genuine “case for the court.” 

In mid-December, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson granted a two-day evidentiary trial to hear two of the 10 counts brought forth by Lake. The two claims cited “intentional misconduct” by county election officials in regard to malfunctioning voting tabulators and rejections that occurred on November 8, as well as chain-of-custody issues that resulted in “mass chaos” and impacted the outcome of the midterm election.

Despite Hobbs herself not being forced to testify, and her lawyers filing motions to block expert witness plaintiff testimony, Judge Thompson permitted them into the record, stating they could have a “foundation,” “relevance,” and “expertise” he would allow to be heard.   

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