Phoenix (3TV/CBS 5) — Former Republican candidate for Arizona Secretary of State Mark Finkem filed an appeal Wednesday after Maricopa County The judge dismissed the lawsuit challenging the election resultsThe lawsuit was dismissed on December 16 by Judge Melissa Iyer Julian, who also confirmed that Adrian Fontes won the election and is a secretary from Arizona.
In the lawsuit, Finchem alleges that current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs threatened criminal charges if the Mohave and Cochise county oversight boards did not certify the election. The Secretary of State’s office said she filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Dec. 15, calling the allegations “baseless” and “sanctionable.”
Former congressional district 3 candidates Finchem and Zink filed a lawsuit on December 9 to overturn the election results. The lawsuit alleges that current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs failed to properly certify the tallying machine and abused her powers by threatening the Mohave and Cochise County Boards of Supervisors with criminal charges if she did not certify the election. claimed to have
Their lawsuit also said Hobbes should have declined the position as secretary of state because he was running for governor. asked for an inspection of several mail-in ballots to compare the ballots that did. Mr. Zink later had his lawsuit dismissed.
The appeal comes as Arizona Attorney General Abe Hamade’s GOP candidate spends the day in court challenging his narrow defeat. Democrat Chris MaysA judge recently ruled that Hamade’s case can proceed on four of the five counts. These claims included exclusion of provisional voters and disqualification of provisional and early voting. Arizona’s Family previously reported that Mayes went into an automatic recount because she took the lead with just over 500 votes, within a 0.5% margin.
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