Posted on 12/01/2023 12:25:49 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge rejected Kari Lake’s lawsuit request to view signed ballots of 1.3 million early voters in Arizona.
Judge John Hannah’s ruling, filed Thursday, denied Lake from gaining access to the envelopes in connection to the 2022 gubernatorial race that she lost to now Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
Hannah argued the release of the ballot envelopes and their signatures would undermine the ballot verification process for future elections.
“The broad right of electoral participation outweighs the narrow interests of those who would continue to pick at the machinery of democracy,” Hannah wrote.
According to the filing, obtained by The Arizona Republic, 84 percent of the ballots processed during last year’s general election cycle were early ballots. The County Recorder’s office was responsible for verifying the ballots. The office found 16,000 inconsistent signatures but later determined 14,200 of them were lawful voting citizens. The remaining 1,800 envelopes were never opened or counted.
Lake filed the case in April against County Recorder Stephen Richer’s office under the Arizona Public Records Law.
Hannah’s ruling said giving the ballots to Lake creates a “risk of widespread fraud where none exists at present” since the envelopes contain personal information like names, addresses and phone numbers of voters.
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At the end of the day we do not have 3 equal branches of Government. One so called judge sitting in a chair can overrule everyone. The corrupt judicial system we now have in the country was the key to destroying this country. Because of the judicial system then the battle is already over. Darkness wins.
Can’t go checking mail-in ballots or the election might prove to be stolen.
judges nationwide are mostly progressive
Hannah argued the release of the ballot envelopes and their signatures would undermine the ballot verification process for future elections.
Lefty judge no doubt.
The ballots are public records. They should be required to be released to 3rd parties so that they can be checked. Saying “all is well”....and “no you can’t see them” does not inspire the public to have any trust or confidence in the integrity of the election.
Yep. Why are they opposed to transparency? The inference is clear.
I’ve worked in audit. We don’t take companies’ word for it. We demand that they open their books and we check that the numbers they are reporting are accurate. Its the same for banks.
Why the hell should anybody take the government’s word for it without demanding that they open the books?
Yes they are public record, but preservation of the ballots is also a priority. While not the same election, but didn’t the ninja’s spoil some of the ballots they inspected?
I’d need to see evidence the auditors damaged some of the ballots. There is no inherent reason why you would need to damage any. This sounds like BS Democrat propaganda.
But he made it official!
Kari Lake fights! I like that.
🤬 ping.
Thanks for the ping!
There was nothing about the election that was fair and honest and Judge Hannah is proving it by this ruling.
Fraud? What fraud? And how dare you think I would even let you look and find that fraud!
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