Arizona Arizona Republican Party v. Fontes

Suit seeks to force a hand count of votes separated by precinct instead of counting them by voting center.

Plaintiff seeks a court order declaring that a particular section of the Arizona Secretary of State'smanual is in violation of state law, and directing Defendant Adrian Fontes to conduct a "sampling" of elections results in strict accoudance with state law, A.R.S. 16-602 (B). Because the "sampling" is expected to begin soon, Plaintiff seeks expedited relief.

Claims that “potentially thousands" of Arizona voters were disenfranchised dissolved during a six-hour court hearing on Thursday, as a lawyer representing the president’s reelection team dialed back allegations of “systematic, improper” vote overrides.

Donald Trump's campaign, along with the Republican National Committee and the Arizona Republican Party, had filed a lawsuit on Saturday alleging Maricopa County poll workers routinely disregarded procedures designed to give voters a chance to correct ballot mistakes on Election Day.

At the start of proceedings on Thursday morning, attorney Kory Langhofer stressed the plaintiffs were "not alleging fraud" or "that anyone is stealing the election" — simply raising concerns about a "limited number of cases" involving "good faith errors."

Testimony from several witnesses failed to bear out anything more. And before Langhofer even made his opening statement, a controversy emerged over some of the declarations from supposedly misled voters that were submitted as evidence.