The Maricopa Superior Court has approved Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's request to inspect ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election. Lake has taken the results to court, in view of the irregularities that occurred in that election.
Lake's request, which is provided for in state law, provides for the inspection of 50 paper ballots, 50 early ballots and 50 ballot on demand votes, all at random. The inspection is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. next Tuesday, the 20th. It shall be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the recount, and that does not compromise the integrity of the election.
We didn't ask for this fight.
But we intend to win it. pic.twitter.com/Qd3zYA9bNy
- Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) December 16, 2022
In a video released by the candidate herself, Lake stated:
I wanted to reach out to you to let you know that I am still in this fight with you. For two years I’ve been sounding the alarm about our broken election system here in Arizona, and this past week has confirmed everything we’ve been saying, When we raised concerns and I filed a lawsuit months ago to get rid of the electronic voting machines, they said we were crazy. Well, it turns out we were right. On election day, nearly half of all polling locations had problems with tabulating machines and printers. Malfunctioning tabulation machines forced voters to wait in line for hours to exercise their sacred right to vote.
Arizona, we are still in the fight. pic.twitter.com/ytaGvqG5J0
- Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
Kari Lake's rival and virtual winner of the Arizona gubernatorial election is Katie Hobbs, who is also the Secretary of State. As such, it is in charge of the proper functioning of the electoral system in Arizona.
