Kari Lake's Election Claims Dismissed by Judge

A judge has rejected Kari Lake's last remaining claim that Maricopa County election officials failed to correctly verify signatures during the 2022 general election, affirming the election of Democrat Katie Hobbs. Lake's lawyers argued that Maricopa County failed to perform higher level signature verifications on flagged mail-in ballots, but the court found no clear and convincing evidence to support the claim. Lake had filed a lawsuit after losing to Hobbs by about 17,000 votes, asking the courts to install her as governor or order a new election.