Republican Kari Lake, who lost the race for Arizona governor, sued state elections officials Friday, challenging the vote counting and certification of the midterm election and asking a court to declare her the winner.
Even before midterm voting began, Lake refused to say she would accept the results of the gubernatorial election unless she won. She described the race as “botched” before it was called.that Lake has previously made about Maricopa County’s election and alleges that Hobbs and the county officials have “shattered” public trust in the election process.
“Arizonans made their voices heard and elected Katie Hobbs as governor. No nuisance lawsuit will change that,” Hobbs’s campaignLike Trump, Lake has sought to sow doubt in the election results via social media, asking users to share their accounts of voting issues in Maricopa County. She has shared stories of some voters who had to wait in lines to cast their ballots due to a printing error.
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