PHOENIX (CN) — Kari Lake appeared in Maricopa County Court today to prove she deserves access to the 1.3 million signatures signed onto early ballots cast in the county’s 2022 General Election.
Lake, a former TV news anchor that unsuccessfully ran for Arizona governor in 2022, requested the signatures through a public records request in March as part of a larger effort to overturn the election and thrust herself into office. Lake launched multiple lawsuits challenging the results of the election, claiming everything from improper signature verification to faulty, hackable voting machines to prove the election was rigged.
She first sued Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in April after his office denied her records request.
Lake's attorney Bryan Blehm — who was fined $2,000 by the Arizona Supreme Court for bringing “unequivocally false” claims before the high court — told Maricopa County Judge John Hannah Thursday morning that the signatures on ballot envelopes should be subject to Arizona Public Record Law because other identifying information about voters is already made public through what’s called a VM34 file, maintained by the county.
Lake’s attorneys have faced sanctions for bringing false claims into court on more than one occasion.
“The only difference you’re talking about is a signature,” Blehm said. “It’s all public information anyway.”
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