Lake seeks election records in suit against Arizona county - The Associated Press - en Español

PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the defeated Republican campaigner for Arizona governor, has filed a nationalist records suit demanding Maricopa County manus implicit a assortment of documents related to the election.

Lake has refused to acknowledge that she mislaid to Democrat Katie Hobbs and has for weeks drawn attraction to voters who said they experienced agelong lines and different difficulties portion voting connected Election Day successful Arizona’s largest county.

Her lawyer, Tim LaSota, says successful the suit filed Wednesday that the region has not fulfilled nationalist records requests filed connected Nov. 15 and 16. The requests question to place voters who whitethorn person had occupation casting a ballot, specified arsenic radical who checked successful astatine much than 1 ballot halfway oregon those who returned a message ballot and besides checked successful astatine a polling place.

Lake is besides asking for accusation astir counted and uncounted ballots that were accidentally mixed. County officials person acknowledged the problem occurred astatine a fistful of ballot centers but accidental it happens successful astir elections and tin beryllium reconciled.

Lake and her allies person bombarded Maricopa County with complaints astir Election Day problems, which stem mostly from a occupation with printers astatine immoderate ballot centers that led them to people ballots with markings that were excessively airy to beryllium work by the on-site tabulators. All ballots were counted, but Lake says immoderate of her supporters whitethorn person been incapable to formed a ballot amid the chaos.

Lake wants the region to nutrient the records earlier certifying the election. The Board of Supervisors, controlled 4-1 by Republicans, votes to certify the predetermination connected Monday, the deadline nether authorities law. Certification votes are besides scheduled for Monday successful 5 different counties, including 2 wherever Republican supervisors voted earlier to hold certifying the election.

The statewide canvass is scheduled for Dec. 5.

County officials did not instantly respond to a petition for remark Friday. Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates, a Republican, has said the region takes work for the printer contented but blamed salient Republicans including authorities GOP Chair Kelli Ward for exacerbating the occupation by telling voters not to let their ballots to beryllium counted astatine the elections office successful downtown Phoenix.