Trump, Done with Democracy, Kari Lake to Be ‘Installed’ as Arizona’s Governor

[Blkfyre]

Because, you know, screw democracy right?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-calls-for-kari-lake-to-be-installed-governor-of-arizona-1234637436/

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Much of Lake's Trump-backed campaign was centered around bolstering unfounded claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 election, and the former TV anchor has lived up to her commitment to only accept election results if she won.

Lake, who lost her bid for governor to Democrat Katie Hobbs, has refused to acknowledge the election results, instead filing a lawsuit requesting public records from Maricopa County that would detail which voters experienced issues casting their ballots, and information regarding errors in ballot counting.

"We know we won this election," Lake said in a weekend interview with far-right streaming service Real America's Voice. "We are going to do everything in our power to make sure that every single Arizonans vote that was disenfranchised is counted."

Her efforts are clashing with a major electoral deadline. Monday is the last day for Arizona counties to certify the results of the 2022 midterms, and several counties have held out to register challenges. Cochise and Mojave country — both rural, Republican strongholds in the state — voted not to certify and instead delay their final decision until the last possible moment. If the counties fail to certify their election in time, Arizona state officials have indicated that they will go to court to force a certification, or all of the county's ballots shall be discarded. If not resolved, the challenges could cause issues with Arizona's scheduled statewide certification on December 5th.

This is where Trumpublicans have left us: If you lose, it HAS to be fraud, if you win, it's the will of the people...

[HighStepper]

2022 Election: Tensions flare during Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ci22yUby84

They voted unanimously to certify the election
The sad thing is these people have been lied to by Donald Trump and the election was stolen liars that they actually believe the venom that they are spewing. Kari Lake turned out to be a real piece of shit.

[Blkfyre]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cochise-county-arizona-republicans-refuse-to-certify-2022-midterm-election-results/

Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused Monday to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, a decision that was quickly challenged in court by the state's top election official.

The refusal to certify by Cochise County in southeastern Arizona comes amid pressure from prominent Republicans to reject results showing Democrats winning top races.

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who narrowly won the race for governor, asked a judge to order county officials to canvass the election, which she said is an obligation under Arizona law. Lawyers representing a Cochise County voter and a group of retirees filed a similar lawsuit Monday, the deadline for counties to approve the official tally of votes, known as the canvass.

The two Republican county supervisors delayed the canvass vote until Friday, when they want to hear once more about concerns over the certification of ballot tabulators, though election officials have repeatedly said the equipment is properly approved. 

State Elections Director Kori Lorick wrote in a letter last week that Hobbs is required by law to approve the statewide canvass by next week and will have to exclude Cochise County's votes if they aren't received in time.

That would threaten to flip the victor in at least two close races — a U.S. House seat and state schools chief — from a Republican to a Democrat.

Hobbs' lawsuit asks the Cochise County Superior Court to order officials to certify by Thursday. Failing to certify would undermine the will of the county's voters "and sow further confusion and doubt about the integrity of Arizona's election system," lawyers for Hobbs wrote.

Arizona was long a GOP stronghold, but this month Democrats won most of the highest profile races over Republicans who aggressively promoted Trump's 2020 election lies. Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for governor who lost to Hobbs, and Mark Finchem, the candidate for secretary of state, have refused to acknowledge their losses.

[HighStepper]

Cochise County is heavily Republican. So as mentioned above if those predominant Republican ballots are not certified and counted Democrats could benefit.

Cochise supervisors, facing 2 lawsuits, meet to hire an attorney to defend them. Link

[dogwalker]

Installed?  LMAO.  Sounds like she is a dishwasher and just need to be rolled into an office and plugged in.