Republican Kari Lake, who lost the gubernatorial race in Arizona, formally challenged Democrat Katie Hobbs, annulling the accredited election results from the state’s most populous county and declaring her the winner, or I am asking the court to rerun the gubernatorial election in that county. .

The lawsuit, filed late Friday by Lake, focuses on long lines and other hardships people experienced on Election Day in Maricopa County. They also claim that the voting was illegal, but there is no evidence that this is true.

Lake refused to concede losing to Hobbes by more than 17,000 votes.

A gubernatorial candidate endorsed by Donald Trump has flooded Maricopa County with complaints. This was primarily related to an issue with some vote center printers, where the markings printed on ballots were too light to be read by on-site counters.

Lines receded at some polling places, increasing Republican suspicions that some supporters were unable to vote, but there is no evidence that it affected the results. It states that anyone can vote and all legal votes have been counted.

Lake sued Maricopa County officials and Hobbes in his current role as Arizona’s secretary of state.

A spokesperson for the secretary of state, Sophia Solis, said Lake’s case was being considered, but had no other comment on the filing.

Maricopa County spokesperson Jason Berry declined to comment on Lake’s request that the county’s election results be annulled in the gubernatorial race. We look forward to sharing facts about the administration of the General Election and our efforts to ensure that all legal voters have the opportunity to vote.

Posting on his Twitter account, Hobbes called the lawsuit “Mr. Lake’s desperate attempt to undermine our democracy and overthrow the will of our voters.” She posted a statement from her campaign manager, who called the lawsuit “fake,” and said the camp remains focused on “getting ready to launch on the first day of Katie Hobbs’ administration.”

Lake’s lawsuit says it was disproportionately affected by the Maricopa County issue as Republicans won a 3-1 victory over Democrats on Election Day.Republican Leaders Tell Voters wait until election day to vote.

In late November, Lake filed a public records lawsuit in Maricopa County demanding the surrender of documents related to the election. But I was trying to identify voters who might have had trouble voting, such as those who checked in.

Over the summer, a federal judge also denied a request by Lake and Mark Finkem, the defeated Republican candidate for secretary of state, that all ballots must be hand-counted during the November election.

The judge then sanctioned the attorneys representing Lake and Finchem, saying they had “made false, misleading and unsubstantiated factual allegations” in the lawsuit. said it was “legally sound and backed by strong evidence.”

Secretary of State Hobbes has petitioned the courts to initiate statewide automatic recounts required by law in three races that were decided by less than 0.5 percent.

The Attorney General election was one of the tightest in state history, with Democrat Chris Mays leading Republican Abe Hamade with 510 of 2.5 million votes.

The superintendent of schools is also vying for state seats in suburban Phoenix, but the gap is much greater.