PHOENIX — In a ruling issued late Monday, a Maricopa County judge granted Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake a new trial on one of her seven claims challenging the election of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
The trial, scheduled for Wednesday, will focus on Lake’s claim that there were serious flaws in the county’s signature verification process for mail-in ballots during the 2022 election.
Hobbs’ attorneys had asked Judge Peter Thompson to dismiss the signature verification claim. Hobbs defeated Lake by 17,000 votes.
Thompson did rebuff Lake’s attempt to retry three other claims that had been thrown out.
The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed six of Lake’s seven claims in March. The signature claim was sent back to the lower court for a possible trial.
Lake was among the most vocal of last year's Republican candidates promoting former President Donald Trump’s election lies, which she made the centerpiece of her campaign. While most other election deniers around the country conceded after losing their races in November, Lake did not.
Attorneys representing Arizona election officials and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs say Lake’s allegation that the election was rigged is based on unsubstantiated speculation.
Lake’s lawyers say there was a flood of mail-in ballots in Maricopa County, home to more than 60% of the state’s voters, when there were too few workers to verify ballot signatures. Her attorneys say the county ultimately accepted thousands of ballots that had been...
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