Ariz. AG Pledges to Uphold State’s Election Laws as His Office Investigates Maricopa County Election Day Fiasco

Some real drama appears to be playing out between outgoing Attorney Gen. Mark Brnovich and Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs as she faces an expected election legal challenge from Republican Kari Lake.

Lake promised this week that she will be filing a lawsuit to challenge the results of the governor’s race, given the widespread problems that occurred on Election Day with at least 71 polling stations (about one-third of the total) in Maricopa County having ballot printer and tabulator machine issues leading to hours-long lines in multiple ruby red districts.

The Lake campaign has argued that since Republicans voted 3-to-1 over Democrats on Election Day, what happened was large-scale vote suppression of her supporters, whether intentionally or not.

Only about 17,000 votes, or 0.7 percent, separated Lake and Hobbs when all the ballots were counted statewide.

REMINDER — the two images represent polling sites where tabulators malfunctioned on ED.

Malfunctions occurred in 64 total highly-partisan locations, considered overwhelmingly “Heavy R or Heavy D” areas.

*59/64 (93.7%) were “Heavy R” areas.*

This is blatant criminal malfeasance pic.twitter.com/udj8Q4xuhc

— Jonathan (@DecentFiJC) November 25, 2022

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At the state canvass ceremony on Monday, Hobbs characterized the election as “fair,” while taking shots at election deniers and arguably Brnovich, whose office has demanded answers from Maricopa County officials for the Election Day mayhem, suggesting illegalities have occurred.

“Arizona had a successful election, but too often throughout the process, powerful voices proliferated misinformation that threatened to disenfranchise voters,” Hobbs said.

“Democracy prevailed, but it’s not out of the woods. 2024 will bring a host of challenges from the election denial community that we must prepare for,” she added.

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“But for now, Arizonans can stand proud knowing that this election was conducted with transparency, accuracy and fairness in accordance with Arizona’s election laws and procedures,” Hobbs concluded.

Brnovich is certainly not an election denier. He told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” last month that his office found no evidence…

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