Lake and her supporters are accusing the Secretary of State of having a conflict of interest because she oversaw the election she won.
When one of their own was secretary of state in Georgia and oversaw his own election for governor, Republicans had no reason to criticize him. After a heavily Republican rural county refused to certify its own election results, the criticism continued.
Lake said in a video posted to social media that if counties don't certify the election that she messed up, she will threaten them with legal action. You can't figure it out.
There was no evidence that voters were cheated or that the result was incorrect, and the result was a close one. One county in the southeast corner of the state has certified its results. The lawsuit against the county will be heard on Thursday.
Lake has not conceded despite the fact that most Republicans around the country conceded after spreading baseless claims about the election. More than half of the state's registered voters reside in the Phoenix area, so she has begun a campaign on social media and conservative outlets to claim that the election was rigged. Everyone was able to vote and the votes were counted.
The Republican who served two terms as Kentucky's secretary of state oversaw two of his elections, including his re- election as secretary of state.
There are no conflicts of interests in the system. I can understand why she would want to know. There isn't a conflict if you look at the division of labor.
He didn't think that an appearance of a conflict justified an elected official recusing themselves from the process. If someone tries to influence an election, courts can step in, he said.
He said that the system would fail if everyone had to remove themselves from the situation. There is no proof that is needed.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach both ran for governor in their states in the same year. Kemp won the election despite being criticized by his opponent for not stepping down from his position before the election.
There could not be free and fair elections in Georgia this year because of Brian Kemp's eight years of systematic and systemic dismantling of our democracy.
A four-year-old lawsuit that had challenged various aspects of the state's voting practices was thrown out by a federal judge.
The secretary of state certified the results after Kemp resigned.
Secretaries of state were running for re-election or another office across the country. The nonpartisan group that advocates for election reforms called on the officials to not certify the winner in a close election. Legislation was drafted by the Election Reformers Network that would prohibit a state election official from overseeing elections in which a person is on the ballot.
Kevin Johnson said in a statement that the current environment of partisan animosity and voter distrust calls for proactive efforts to ensure voter confidence in results.
The Arizona governor's race was the only one that was close this year. The results of the election are certified by the secretary of state in the presence of the governor, attorney general and Supreme Court justice.
Johnson said that she should look into whether state law allows her to not certify her own race.
Sophia Solis, a spokeswoman for the secretary of state, emphasized that the secretary of state does not handle ballots or play a direct role in vote tabulation.
Arizona has a history of state officials who have been tasked with overseeing election administration who have continued to ethically perform their duties while on the ballot.
The procedure for certifying an election is routine and Ministerial, meaning that if a judge intervenes in the process, she must sign off on the results.
The issue was raised by many of the speakers who urged supervisors not to certify the vote tally in their jurisdiction.
In his opinion, that opens the door to fraud because she's in charge of an election in which she is a candidate That is insane.
In Cochise County, two Republican supervisors on the three member board voted not to accept the election results on Monday, the deadline under state law. A Tucson civil rights lawyer filed a notice of claim with Cochise County on Wednesday, saying it was the first step towards a class action lawsuit on behalf of all the voters who are at risk of not having their votes counted.
The vote count was not raised as a concern by the supervisors, but they want to hear more about the issue on Friday.
The supervisors' refusal to certify is against the law, according to the county attorney. The supervisors voted Tuesday to hire a Phoenix lawyer who represented Cyber Ninjas, which led to a widely mocked partisan review of the 2020 election.
The lawyer is not sure if he is willing to take the case. Before they voted to hire him, the supervisors couldn't get in touch with him.
Cochise County Administrator Richard Karwaczka didn't reply to emails asking if Blehm would represent the supervisors.
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Cassidy was reporting from Atlanta.
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