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Judge Orders Kari Lake And Katie Hobbs To Appear At Emergency Court
Hearing Over Election Lawsuit

https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-orders-kari-lake-and-katie-hobbs-to-appear-at-emergency-court-hearing-over-election-lawsuit_4920793.html
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/kari-lake-says-her-litigation-will-be-propelled-testimony-multiple
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CV2022095403-Order-to-App-1.pdf
https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/4151
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/kari-lake-abe-hamadeh-mark-finchem-formally-contest-arizona-election-results_4915678.html

A judge overseeing Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari
Lake’s electoral lawsuit ordered Lake, Secretary of State and Arizona
Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
officials, and others to appear at a court hearing on Tuesday.

Judge Peter Thompson, in issuing the (pdf) order, wrote that the court
has “reviewed” Lake’s “verified statement of election contest” and
said the “matter will be set on an accelerated basis.” Maricopa County
Recorder Stephen Richer and Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates
were also ordered to attend the hearing, which will start at 2 p.m.
ET.

It comes as Lake stated Monday that her lawsuit is, in part, fueled by
alleged whistleblower claims who have come forward.

    “We’ve had three whistleblowers from Maricopa County reach out and
say the system is seriously flawed,” Lake told Just the News on
Monday, days after the suit was filed with a Maricopa County court.

    “They were throwing out tens of thousands of signatures saying
they were scribbles that in no way matched. But somewhere between
there, the ballots were being completely tossed out and they got
looped back into the system and counted as if they were fine.”

Lake said that about 25,000 “additional ballots and early voting
ballots were discovered two days after Election Day,” adding that they
“just showed up.” She continued: “It shows the whole system has
serious problems.”

    “We believe that up to 135,000 ballots were pushed through that
should not have been pushed through,” Lake added, without elaborating.

    “We’re asking a judge to let us take a look at all of the
envelopes and compare signatures, so that we can find out for sure how
many bad, fraudulent ballots got through in that way, of basically
cheating or breaking the rules.”

The Epoch Times has contacted Maricopa County’s election division
about Lake’s claims on Monday.
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Maricopa County spokesman Fields Moseley told Reuters that the court
system is the appropriate venue for campaigns to challenge election
results. Moseley stated that Maricopa’s election division “looks
forward to sharing facts about the administration of the 2022 General
Election and our work to ensure every legal voter had an opportunity
to cast their ballot.”

Bill Gates, chair of the Maricopa Board of Supervisors, speaks about
voting machine malfunctions at the Maricopa County Tabulation and
Elections Center in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 9, 2022. (Olivier
Touron/AFP via Getty Images)

Sophia Solis, a spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office, told
The Associated Press that Lake’s lawsuit was being reviewed.

In her lawsuit (pdf) filed Dec. 9, Lake is asking to be declared the
winner of the race or for a new vote to be held in Maricopa County,
the state’s most populous. Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, the Democrat
secretary of state, last month narrowly defeated Lake in the general
election by about 17,000 votes.

Hobbs’ campaign, in a statement issued on Friday, criticized Lake’s
lawsuit as a “nuisance” and suggested it would be thrown out.

    “Kari Lake needs attention like a fish needs water—and independent
experts and local election officials of both parties have made it
clear that this was a safe, secure, and fair election,” the statement
read.

    “Arizonans made their voices heard and elected Katie Hobbs as
their governor. No nuisance lawsuit will change that, and we remain
laser-focused on getting ready to hit the ground running on Day One of
Katie Hobbs’ administration next year.”

Lake stated that long lines and printer issues adversely affected
Election Day voters on Nov. 8. Maricopa officials that day confirmed
there were printer errors and told voters to place their ballots
inside dropboxes, while they later said no voters were
disenfranchised.

    “Lake received the greatest number of votes and is entitled to be
named the winner,” her lawsuit claimed.

    “Alternately, the election must be re-done in Maricopa County to
eliminate the effects of maladminstration and illegal votes on the
vote tallies reported by Maricopa County.”

In November, Lake also filed a public records request to seek
additional information about both counted and uncounted ballots that
might have been mixed during the election. Following the Nov. 8
midterms, she has also often posted videos of voters who gave accounts
of long lines and other alleged election maladministration in Maricopa
County.

Other than Lake, Abe Hamadeh—a Republican who is running for attorney
general, and Mark Finchem—a Republican running for secretary of state,
filed separate lawsuits on Dec. 9. Candidates have five days following
certification to contest an election under Arizona state law.