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Lake and her attorneys won’t have to pay legal fees of those Lake sued
Kari Lake may have lost her legal bid to set aside the results of the governor's race, which she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes. But she and her attorneys won't be forced to pay the legal fees of those she sued, including the governor elect and Maricopa County.
Judge denies Hamadeh’s election contest, affirms Mayes’ win
The last election contest by failed attorney general candidate Abraham Hamadeh went to trial this morning and a judge denied his petition, affirming Kris Mayes’ win. Like Kari Lake, Hamadeh had to meet a high burden of proof to flip the election in his favor.
Trial fails to produce evidence needed to establish intentional misconduct in Lake’s election contest
Both days of the trial in Kari Lake’s election contest have failed to produce the evidence needed to establish intentional misconduct that flipped the results in Katie Hobbs’ favor.
Judge dismisses majority of claims in Lake’s election contest lawsuit
A judge dismissed eight of the ten claims in Kari Lake’s election contest lawsuit, allowing two counts claiming violations of ballot chain of custody and alleging printer interference in Maricopa County to go forward in an evidentiary hearing.
Biden administration asks judge to allow removal of containers at border
The Biden administration is asking a federal judge to let it remove the hundreds of double-stacked storage containers Gov. Doug Ducey has placed along the border and then bill the state for the costs.
Judges set hearings for many election contests
Judges across the state set hearings for election contests as the challenges fly under the 10-day deadline to be heard in court.
Ohio man arrested after allegedly making death threats with Secretary of State’s Office
An Ohio man was arrested on Monday on charges that he made three profanity-laced death threats to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.
Hobbs taps more Secretary of State staff for governor’s office
Several more top staffers from the Secretary of State’s Office will follow Secretary of State and Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs to the executive tower next year.
Hobbs appears poised to side with school districts in legal fight
Incoming Gov. Katie Hobbs appears ready to side with school districts in their legal fight with the state and legislative leaders over whether they were illegally denied money for years they need to maintain classrooms and build new schools. And that could affect the outcome of a trial set to begin next month -- and the more than $6 billion they say they have been shorted so far.
Protesters block shipping container construction on border
Progress on Gov. Doug Ducey’s shipping container border barrier has been halted in Cochise County since late November as activists stand in front of heavy machinery.
County sends election-related records to Lake team
Maricopa County this week relented to demands from former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s legal team to quickly turn over public records related to the 2022 election.
Lawsuit Ward, GOP file claims mail-in, early voting violates Constitution
A lawsuit seeking to strike down mail-in voting had its day in the Court of Appeals today. The suit, filed by the Arizona Republican Party and party chair Kelli Ward against the Secretary of State, county recorders and the state, alleges the decades-old, mail-in early voting system violates the Arizona Constitution as it does not fulfill the provision that “secrecy in voting shall be preserved.[...]
