Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner rejected a lawsuit filed by Republican nominee for Attorney General Abraham Hamadeh, who challenged the results of the race.
Abraham Hamadeh, a Republican candidate for Arizona attorney general, filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court challenging the state’s election results, but a state judge dismissed it on the grounds that the case was filed prematurely.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner rejected a lawsuit filed by the Republican nominee for Arizona attorney general, who challenged the results of the race, arguing that the election was “afflicted with certain errors and inaccuracies” which that caused him to lose.
Judge Warner ruled that the parties cannot file a lawsuit until the state certifies the election results. Under these statutes there can be no electoral contest until after the canvass and declaration of results because, until then, no one is ‘declared elected,’ ”Warner wrote in his ruling.
“It is indisputable that the scrutiny and the declaration of results for the November 2022 elections have not taken place,” he added.
If the media truly cared about democracy they’d be demanding answers about what actually happened on Election Day with the printers and tabulators.
How were they operational for early voting for 27 days prior to Election Day?
How did they pass the test run the night before?— Abe Hamadeh (@AbrahamHamadeh) December 1, 2022
The state must certify its election results by December 5, though this process in Arizona is threatened by a rural Republican county that refuses to certify its votes.
In recent days it was reported that two Republican supervisors in Cochise County voted to delay the election results four days after the state-mandated deadline to certify the results.
The refusal to certify the results will delay the race for the office of attorney general, which will go to a recount once the statewide scrutiny is complete. Although that process will begin until Cochise County submits its vote count.
Republican Hamadeh must wait until the state certification is official before he can challenge the election results, after ruling he indicated he will resubmit the lawsuit.
The candidate for governor, Kari Lake, also filed a lawsuit over the results of the elections won by Democrat Katie Hobbs, who was already received by the outgoing governor of the state.
Candidate Hamadeh also explained that his lawsuit does not seek to cast doubt on the elections , but the document he submitted alleges errors and inconsistencies in the way the state conducted its midterm elections.