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On Friday, Dec. 9, Mark Finchem, the failed GOP candidate for Arizona secretary of state, and Jeff Zink, the failed GOP candidate for Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District, filed an election contest.
On Friday, Dec. 9, Abraham Hamadeh and other Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2022 election for Arizona attorney general.
On Friday, Dec. 9, Kari Lake — the failed Republican candidate for Arizona governor and known election denier — filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2022 gubernatorial race in Arizona.
This week, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed local election officials in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, four key swing states at the center of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
On Tuesday, Dec. 6, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel spoke in favor of mail-in voting, despite her party’s repeated efforts to curtail the popular practice.
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, three judges of the Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral argument in a case brought by the Arizona Republican Party and its chairwoman challenging the state’s no-excuse mail-in voting law.
On Friday, Dec. 2, an Arizona judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Josh Barnett against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors requesting that the 2022 midterm election results be “annulled.”
On Friday, Dec. 2, the Arizona secretary of state’s office sent a letter asking Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) and the Cochise County attorney to consider criminal penalties for two members of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors who flouted Arizona law by refusing to canvass results from the 2022 midterm elections.
On Thursday, Dec. 1, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to canvass the results of the 2022 midterm elections after a judge ordered the county to do so two hours earlier.
On Thursday, Dec. 1, an Arizona judge ruled from the bench and ordered the Cochise County Board of Supervisors to canvass the results of the 2022 midterm elections in compliance with state law.