Category: Maricopa County

Kari Lake’s Legal Team Ordered to Pay $122,200 in Sanctions

The attorneys and legal firms for Kari Lake, the Republican nominee in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, should pay $122,200 in sanctions to Maricopa County, a U.S. district judge ruled Friday. “Plaintiffs’ counsel Andrew D. Parker, the law firm of Parker Daniels Kibort LLC, Kurt B. Olsen, and the law firm of Olsen Law PC,…


Kari Lake Responds to Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Top Arizona Elections Official

A top election official in Maricopa County, Arizona, filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against GOP candidate Kari Lake, who responded by accusing him of trying to censor her. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer claimed he’s faced “violent vitriol and other dire consequences” because of allegations made by Lake about the 2022 midterm elections. Following the…


Arizona’s Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates Says He Will Not Seek Re-election Next Year

A high-profile election official in Arizona who faced criticism over his handling of both the 2020 presidential election and the 2022 midterms will not be seeking reelection. Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, 51, announced his decision in a lengthy statement on June 1, citing his plans to “pursue other interests and opportunities.” “For over thirteen years, it…


LIVE 12 PM ET: Kari Lake Challenges Maricopa County Election Results in Court (Day 2)

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s trial against Maricopa County continues on May 18. Lake has to prove that Maricopa County did not properly verify voter signatures on ballot envelopes during the 2022 midterm elections and that those problems changed the outcome of the election. …


LIVE NOW: Kari Lake Challenges Maricopa County Election Results in Court (Day 2)

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s trial against Maricopa County continues on May 18. Lake has to prove that Maricopa County did not properly verify voter signatures on ballot envelopes during the 2022 midterm elections and that those problems changed the outcome of the election. …


Kari Lake Challenges Maricopa County Election Results in Court (Day 2)

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s trial against Maricopa County continues on May 18. Lake has to prove that Maricopa County did not properly verify voter signatures on ballot envelopes during the 2022 midterm elections and that those problems changed the outcome of the election. …


Kari Lake Starts to Challenge Maricopa County Election Results in Court

Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s trial against Maricopa County starts on May 17. Lake has to prove that Maricopa County did not properly verify voter signatures on ballot envelopes during the 2022 midterm elections and that those problems changed the outcome of the race. …


Kari Lake Election Challenge Heads to Trial, Maricopa Voter Signatures Under Scrutiny

A three-day trial is scheduled to start Wednesday for Republican candidate Kari Lake to prove that Maricopa County did not properly verify voter signatures on ballot envelopes during the 2022 midterm elections and that those problems changed the outcome of the race. Lake first challenged the election in December. So far, two Arizona courts have…


Homeless Phoenix Residents Await City’s Action Displacing Them From ‘The Zone’

PHOENIX, Ariz.—Shelby Ord of Phoenix, Arizona, has big plans for himself at 18. First, he plans to get his high-school equivalency diploma, a good job, an apartment, and “maybe a cat, of course.” Then go to college and major in chemistry or teaching. All attainable and worthwhile goals were seemingly out of reach on April…


Kari Lake Attorneys File State Supreme Court Response to ‘Disingenuous’ Maricopa County Claims

Attorneys for Kari Lake on Thursday filed a response in court after Maricopa County’s attorneys told the Arizona Supreme Court that the GOP candidate’s election lawsuit should be tossed. Her attorneys accuse Maricopa County of misleading the court and said that its attorneys have not answered a question about why there were 35,000 ballots that…