Judge Rules on Kari Lake Being Able to Review 2022 Ballot Envelope Signatures

The Western Journal ^ | Nov 30, 2023 | Randy DeSoto

[where's_the_Outrage?]

An Arizona judge on Wednesday denied 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's request to review ballot envelope signatures, concluding it "would have a corrosive effect on public confidence in the electoral process."

In September, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah presided over a two-day trial to decide whether Lake's legal team could have access to review the ballot envelope signatures for the 2022 general election in the county.

Lake lost the race to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs by less than 1 percent of the vote.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer denied the GOP candidate's request in April, prompting her to go to court.

In a post on the X social media platform in September, Richer said he was defending voter privacy and election security by not releasing the ballot envelopes for Lake to review. “I believe these envelopes are not public record according to state statute. And I believe that making them public would have a chilling effect on voting, would weaken the security controls on early voting, and would open the door to voter harassment,” he wrote.

Lake responded at the time, “Professional Victim @stephen_richer is lying again. We’re not asking these signatures to be made public. We are asking to review them to assess whether they are legitimate or not. We have a STRONG reason to believe they’re not. Clearly, so does Stephen.”

[Still Thinking]

An Arizona judge on Wednesday denied 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's request to review ballot envelope signatures, concluding it "would have a corrosive effect on public confidence in the electoral process."

Soooo.....you're saying that the evidence DOES prove election fraud, and THAT'S why we can't introduce it? Um, yeah, Your Bananaship.

[rodguy911]

Thanks.
My guess is it’s all political.
Depends on wheteher you get a left or right leaning judge.