Kari Lake lawyers sanctioned by judge over 'frivolous' election lawsuit

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Lake's campaign criticized the judge's report as reading 'like an angry Obama appointee who wants to send a message.'

-endorsed candidates running for Arizona governor and secretary of state respectively, filed a lawsuit requesting Maricopa and Pima counties use only paper ballots during the November midterm election.According to an article by the, Judge John Tuchi had already dismissed the lawsuit, which he referred to as a"frivolous complaint," but took further action when Maricopa County requested sanctions be imposed on the lawyers who filed the lawsuit.

Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake speaks to supporters during her election night event at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch on November 8 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lake and her lawyers were recently penalized for a lawsuit filed against Maricopa and Pima counties in April.. Many of the machines weren't counting submitted ballots.

Maricopa County election officials declared the ballots would be counted later and that all ballots would be counted, but LakeShe called for election reform and requested only paper ballots be used in future elections, arguing that delayed ballot counting leads to more time for election fraud to occur.

After the several days it took for officials to count the ballots and finalize the vote, Lake and Finchem both lost their election bids. Now, their lawyers also lost standing with a Phoenix judge and will be required to pay the court fees incurred since the lawsuit was filed in April.

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