A judge has dismissed Republican Kari Lake’s election challenge and affirmed Democrat Katie Hobbs’ win in the Arizona governor's race. The ruling dismantled Lake’s witnesses and their arguments, denying in each case they presented compelling evidence.
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates admitted the problems caused “chaos,” but officials insist that no voter was actually disenfranchised. Anyone experiencing problems could have voted in a different polling site, many of which had short lines, and voters could choose to leave their ballots in a secure container called “door three,” which would be taken to the county’s election center and counted.
But his theory had a fatal flaw: He acknowledged that any ballot that could not be read by a machine would be duplicated by hand and, as long as that was done correctly, counted by the county. He had no evidence to show the ballots weren’t ultimately counted. Thompson noted the contradiction and that the poll worker testified to how other technicians worked to fix the printer problems.
Half of the second day was taken up by testimony from conservative pollster Rich Baris. His evidence was his deduction that Lake was robbed of her rightful victory, a conclusion he based on a poll of voters and assumptions about why an unusual number of people didn’t complete his election follow-up survey.
“When people come into court without evidence, there should be a day of reckoning,” Liddy said.County officials appeared to be defensive at times during the trial, buoying hopes of MAGA-supporters that Lake’s case had merit. But while Olsen and Blehm raised questions about the integrity of chain-of-custody procedures and the county’s honesty, no evidence proving election officials conspired to throw the election in Hobbs’ favor emerged.
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