PHOENIX — The state’s high court has given Kari Lake one last chance to prove the results of the 2022 gubernatorial election should be overturned.
In an order late Wednesday, the justices tossed out virtually all of the claims by the failed Republican candidate that there was misconduct in how the election was conducted. That includes her contentions that tabulators were purposely set to not read ballots cast at vote centers, that Maricopa County failed to maintain proper chain of custody on the ballots, and that her constitutional rights were violated.
The justices also said Lake’s claim there were 35,563 ballots added to the total count, something she raised for the first time in her appeal to the Supreme Court, is not supported by the record.
