Kari Lake Furious Over Court’s Decision

By
David Rufful
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OPINION | This article contains the author's opinion.

A court in Arizona denied a request from Kari Lake to review mail-in ballot envelope signatures from November’s general election in Maricopa County.

The ruling begs the question, “What are they hiding in Maricopa County?”

Lake said, “Maricopa County’s complete abandonment of signature verification standards has allowed for the integrity of our elections to be washed away.” (Trending: Proof That Joe Biden Took Bribes)

“Election laws aren’t suggestions or guidelines, they’re the law. I am thankful the court has reminded Secretary of State [Adrian] Fontes and Recorder Richer of that fact,” she continued.

“Following this ruling, I have the utmost confidence that we will win our lawsuit to review the early ballot signatures later this month,” Lake said.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer denied Lake’s request.

The county invoked a “privacy interest” to protect voters’ information as the reason for the denial of access.

Richer said, “I believe these envelopes are not public record according to state statute.”

“And I believe that making them public would have a chilling effect on voting, would weaken the security controls on early voting, and would open the door to voter harassment.” (Trending: 22 Chilling Facts About Biden’s Impeachment)

Lake responded, “Professional Victim @stephen_richer is lying again. We’re not asking these signatures to be made public.”

“We are asking to review them to assess whether they are legitimate or not. We have a STRONG reason to believe they’re not. Clearly, so does Stephen,” she added.

Lake’s attorney Bryan Blehm argued, “Signatures tell people, ‘This is who I am. I attest to that.’ And that’s exactly, your honor, what people do when they sign these ballot affidavit envelopes,” he said.

“Signatures are not in and off themselves protected whether they be voters or whether they be commercial transactions,” Blehm added.

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge John Napper found that the “statute is clear and unambiguous,” requiring “the recorder to review the voter’s registration card.”

The election officials are required to “compare the signatures thereon with the signature of the elector on the elector’s registration record.”

“If the ballot envelope signature and the signature on file do not match, the county is to reach out to the voter and seek to confirm the person’s identity.”

Lake explained, “Maricopa County is throwing a fit. They’re trying to look like we’re going to put everyone’s personal information out and that these are not for public consumption, and they frankly are.” (Trending: Kari Lake Blasts ‘Woke’ NFL)

“We’re going to ask a judge to take a look at this and to grant us the ability to see those green envelopes that people mail their ballots back in, and we’re going to prove that mail-in ballots are not safe, are not secure, that many don’t have signatures, that many of those signatures do not match,” Lake said.