PHOENIX — Alleging laws were broken, the losing Republican candidates for the top statewide offices all are asking judges to unilaterally declare them the winners of their races — or at least call a new election.
But it remains to be seen whether they can produce evidence of misconduct to justify such radical relief. And even if judges conclude legal violations, getting a court to order such radical relief could prove difficult absent a showing that these issues actually affected the outcome.
In legal papers filed late Friday, attorneys for gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake laid out a series of claims they say shows “hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots infected the election in Maricopa County.” More to the point, they argue that far exceeds the certified election results which show Lake losing to Democrat Katie Hobbs by 17,117 votes.
