Kari Lake's goose is cooked (again)

[wing2000]

Winning....

A Maricopa County judge has rejected former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's lawsuit seeking to review ballot return envelopes of about 1.3 million voters.

Superior Court Judge John Hannah's ruling, which was filed Thursday, follows two days of trial on Sept. 21 and 25, during which Maricopa County made its case that Recorder Stephen Richer's office was right to deny Lake access to those envelopes and the signatures on them.

Judge:

"The broad right of electoral participation outweighs the narrow interests of those who would continue to pick at the machinery of democracy," Hannah wrote. He found that voters' privacy interests when it comes to their personal information justified withholding the envelopes, writing that to release the envelopes would "create a significant risk of widespread voter fraud where none now exists. It would expose voters to harassment and potentially force them to defend the integrity of their own votes."

"Ms. Lake regards the electoral process much like the villagers in the famous fable regarded the goose that laid the golden egg, except that her goose failed to lay the egg she expected," Hannah wrote, referencing an Aesop fable. "She insists that something must have gone wrong. If only she could cut open the electoral process and examine each of its 1.3 million pieces, she says, she would be able to figure out what happened and show that the prize has been there waiting for her all along."

Kari Lake's records request and lawsuit on ballot return envelopes rejected by judge

A Maricopa County judge denied former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's public records request and lawsuit seeking to review ballot return envelopes.

www.azcentral.com

 

[Laodicean60]

That's a hell of a woman to sift through 1.3 million letters. I hate sifting through my daily mail. I wonder how long that would take?

 

[wing2000]

That's a hell of a woman to sift through 1.3 million letters. I hate sifting through my daily mail. I wonder how long that would take?

1.3 million ballot envelopes. And had the judge ruled in her favor, she most certainly would have relegated the task to others...

 

[Laodicean60]

1.3 million ballot envelopes. And had the judge ruled in her favor, she most certainly would have relegated the task to others...

Even so, for 100 people that would be 13000 envelopes. You have to wonder if any of those were illegal. I read a while back that one address had like 25 registrations. Sad

 

[wing2000]

Even so, for 100 people that would be 13000 envelopes. You have to wonder if any of those were illegal. I read a while back that one address had like 25 registrations. Sad

There is a well established (20+ years) process for verifying mail in ballots in Arizona.
What's sad is public officials such as Lake who continue to undermine voter confidence in our voting system....a system that was widely accepted and used by most Arizona voters histocially.

 

[Pommer]

Winning....

A Maricopa County judge has rejected former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's lawsuit seeking to review ballot return envelopes of about 1.3 million voters.

Superior Court Judge John Hannah's ruling, which was filed Thursday, follows two days of trial on Sept. 21 and 25, during which Maricopa County made its case that Recorder Stephen Richer's office was right to deny Lake access to those envelopes and the signatures on them.

Judge:

"The broad right of electoral participation outweighs the narrow interests of those who would continue to pick at the machinery of democracy," Hannah wrote. He found that voters' privacy interests when it comes to their personal information justified withholding the envelopes, writing that to release the envelopes would "create a significant risk of widespread voter fraud where none now exists. It would expose voters to harassment and potentially force them to defend the integrity of their own votes."

"Ms. Lake regards the electoral process much like the villagers in the famous fable regarded the goose that laid the golden egg, except that her goose failed to lay the egg she expected," Hannah wrote, referencing an Aesop fable. "She insists that something must have gone wrong. If only she could cut open the electoral process and examine each of its 1.3 million pieces, she says, she would be able to figure out what happened and show that the prize has been there waiting for her all along."

Kari Lake's records request and lawsuit on ballot return envelopes rejected by judge

A Maricopa County judge denied former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's public records request and lawsuit seeking to review ballot return envelopes.

www.azcentral.com

When a judge has to rely on Aesop to get their point across, then reality has been the “real victim” all along.

 

[wing2000]

...from a recent interview with a local radio station:

“I don’t know who exactly stole the election, but there are a lot of people who are running elections poorly and we’ve seen the result,” Lake said.

Kari Lake can't say who 'stole' her election, says criticism of McCain was meant as a joke

In a radio interview, Kari Lake, the Republican Senate front-runner sought to cast herself as uniting the Republican Party.

www.azcentral.com

 

[wing2000]

The Defamation Case against Kari Lake is going to Trial:

The Arizona Supreme Court will let Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s defamation case against fellow Republican Kari Lake go to trial.

Richer sued Lake over her repeated, unproven claims that he played a role in sabotaging the 2022 election she lost to Gov. Katie Hobbs. He said false statements made by Lake and her campaign led to violent threats and security concerns for his family.

Richer asked for damages and wants the court to force Lake to retract the alleged defamatory statements.

Arizona Supreme Court won't dismiss Stephen Richer's defamation suit against Kari Lake

The Arizona Supreme Court will let Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s defamation case against fellow Republican Kari Lake go to trial.Richer sued Lake over her repeated, unproven claims that he played a role in sabotaging the 2022 election she lost to Gov. Katie Hobbs. He said false...

kjzz.org

"Words matter," Richer said. "None of this was ever true. And broadcasting to millions of people that I did some very specific, very unlawful, very destructive things has consequences. That's why we did this and we're happy that we're one step closer to getting relief for that."

Arizona Supreme Court rejects Kari Lake's appeal in defamation case, lifts temporary stay

The high court chose to reject Kari Lake's appeal challenging a trial judge's December decision to allow the lawsuit by Stephen Richer to go forward.

www.azcentral.com

 

[essentialsaltes]

Hey, don't count her out. She has Mike Lindell on her side!

Wait, what am I saying, this is the pillow guy...

Mike Lindell cancels Supreme Court voting machine stunt​

"This is big, everybody," Lindell told Steve Bannon on Saturday. "This is what we've been waiting for."

The pillow executive claimed to have "explosive" new evidence in the election case of Republican Kari Lake — currently campaigning to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate — that would prove voting machines were being used to rig elections.

But on Tuesday, Lindell said he no longer planned to hold an event at the court.​

 

[wing2000]

Hey, don't count her out. She has Mike Lindell on her side!

Wait, what am I saying, this is the pillow guy...

Mike Lindell cancels Supreme Court voting machine stunt​

"This is big, everybody," Lindell told Steve Bannon on Saturday. "This is what we've been waiting for."

The pillow executive claimed to have "explosive" new evidence in the election case of Republican Kari Lake — currently campaigning to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate — that would prove voting machines were being used to rig elections.

But on Tuesday, Lindell said he no longer planned to hold an event at the court.​

Guessing Lake called him off. Reportedly, she's trying to put the election denialism behind her...we shall see.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Mike Lindell cancels Supreme Court voting machine stunt​

Stunt cancelled, but he has asked SCOTUS to take up his case.

Mike Lindell Wants Supreme Court to Fast-Track His Case​

 

[wing2000]

It seems Lake wants to put the defamation case behind her:

"Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who has amplified former president Donald Trump’s false claims about rigged elections, has decided not to defend statements she made about a top election official in the state’s largest county who sued her for defamation.

Attorneys for Lake, her 2022 campaign for governor and an affiliated nonprofit group on Tuesday asked a judge to begin the process of determining damages as part of a lawsuit brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R), in his personal capacity. Attorneys not affiliated with the case say a judge must agree to the request."


I hope the judge forces her to do all of this:

"Richer has asked the court to award him damages, attorneys’ fees and a public acknowledgment that the statements about him were untrue. He also wants Lake and her allies to remove all false information about him from their social media accounts and websites."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/26/kari-lake-defamation-lawsuit-damages/