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2022 Midterm Elections

To Elizabeth Carpen

November 25, 2022 | 9:42 PM

PHOENIX — Defeated Arizona Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake has filed a public records lawsuit demanding that various documents related to the election be turned over to Maricopa County.

Lake refused to admit losing to Democrat Katie Hobbs and told voters who said they experienced long lines and other difficulties while voting on Election Day in Arizona’s largest county for weeks. I’ve been paying attention.

Her attorney, Tim LaSota, said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that the county has not met public records requests filed Nov. 15 and 16. A person who has checked in at more than one vote center or at a polling place that has returned a vote-by-mail ballot.

Lake also seeks information about the leading votes and countless votes that were accidentally mixed. County officials Few Vote Centers Have Problems But it happens in most elections and says it can be reconciled.

Lake and her allies attacked Maricopa County with complaints about Election Day issues. This was largely due to an issue with printers at some vote centers causing them to print ballots with markings too light for on-site counters to read. , Lake says some of her supporters may not have voted in chaos.

Lake wants the county to create a record before proving an election. The oversight board, which Republicans control her four to one, will vote to approve the election on Monday, the deadline under state law. Certification ballots are also scheduled for Monday in five other counties, including two counties Republican overseers previously voted to delay election certification.

A statewide canvas is scheduled for December 5th.

County officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. Prominent Republicans, including the president, have accused voters of exacerbating the problem by telling voters not to count their ballots at election headquarters. downtown phoenix.