Lake has petitioned the Supreme Court of Arizona to hear his case, alleging widespread electoral fraud.
On Wednesday, local news outlets reported that former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake had filed two appeals in a disagreement over the results of the election she had initiated the previous month.
Katie Hobs narrowly defeated Lake in Arizona’s governor race. After counting the votes, Lake stated that election-day ballot printing issues favored him.
Judge Peter Thompson of the Maricopa County Superior Court declined to review Lake’s motion to reconsider his judgment. He said that “clear and convincing proof” of the widespread misbehavior she claimed had impacted the election results had not been given to the court.
KSAZ (Fox affiliate in Phoenix, AZ) announced Wednesday that Lake had appealed Judge Thompson’s decision.
She also asked the Supreme Court of Arizona to review the issue directly, bypassing the Appeals Court.
The appellant’s transfer was denied by the Arizona Supreme Court, as reported by KSAZ.
There were no “good reasons to transfer the issue to this court,” as the Supreme Court put it.
Attorney Tom Ryan, who specializes in election law, told KSAZ that he thinks the lawsuit will be dropped.
Within ten days after the canvass, “all election issues must be handled,” as stated by Ryan. “They were afforded every possible chance for a fair trial. Evidence that Judge [Peter] Thompson gave this topic significant study and deliberation is seen in his willingness to allow several pieces of evidence that other courts would not.”
On January 2, only two days after the appeals were filed, Hobbs, who had lost to Lake in the governor’s contest, was sworn in.