The Western Journal
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Kari Lake attorney Kurt Olsen argued in his closing argument Friday in her election challenge case Friday that at least 70,000 mail-in ballots were not properly verified in accordance with Arizona law, and therefore the election must be set aside.
The November race between Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Gov Katie Hobbs “was decided by 17,117 votes. That, however, is out of 2.59 million votes, a difference between the two candidates of 0.67 percent,” he said.
“The number of ballots at issue whether the court were to set aside for illegality, the 70,000, the 274,000 in a proportional manner … this election should be set aside,” Olsen added.
“Your Honor, the election was unlawful,” Olsen told the judge. “[Arizona statute] 16-550 was not complied with. Defendants don’t dispute our expert. They don’t dispute the evidence,” the attorney said.
The statute at issue provides that election officials “shall compare the signatures thereon with the signature of the elector on the elector’s registration record.” If they do not match, the county is to reach out to voter and seek to confirm their identity.
Olsen contended that the comparison required by law was not performed, based on examination of the ballot reviewer user logs.
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