Title
Arizona Arizona Republican Party v. Fontes
Date
November 12, 2020
State or Country
Arizona
County/City:
Maricopa County
The Court the Case was filed in
Superior Court of Arizona Maricopa County
Type of Case
Voter Integrity, Voter Fraud
Case Number
CV2020-014553
Judges
HONORABLE JOHN R. HANNAH JR
Plaintiff
Arizona Republican Party
Defendant
Adrian Fontesas Maricopa County
Recorder; and the Maricopa County Board
of Supervisors, by and through Clint
Hickman, Jack Sellers, Steve Chucri, Bill
Gates, and Steve Gallardo,
Intervener
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs
Lawyers: Roopali H. Desai
D. Andrew Gaona
Kristen Yost
Coppersmith Brockelman PLC
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona Democratic Party
Plaintiff Attorney
JOHN DOUGLAS WILENCHIK
Lee Miller
John "Jack" D. Wilenchik
Wilenchik & Bartness
Phoenix, Arizona
Defendant Attorney
THOMAS PURCELL LIDDY
JOSEPH J BRANCO
EMILY M CRAIGER
ROOPALI HARDIN DESAI
SARAH R GONSKI
JOSEPH EUGENE LA RUE
JOSEPH I VIGIL
JUDGE HANNAH
ALLISTER ADEL
MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY
Thomas P. Liddy (019384)
Emily Craiger (021728)
Joseph I. Vigil (018677)
Joseph J. Branco (031474)
Joseph E. LaRue (031348)
Deputy County Attorneys
liddyt@mcao.maricopa.gov
craigere@mcao.maricopa.gov
vigilj@mcao.maricopa.gov
brancoj@mcao.maricopa.gov
laruej@mcao.maricopa.gov
CIVIL SERVICES DIVISION
225 West Madison Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Telephone (602) 506-8541
Facsimile (602) 506-4317
ca-civilmailbox@mcao.maricopa.gov
Attorneys for Maricopa County Defendants
Clerk of Court
A. Walker Deputy
Document Links 1 (Scribd et. al)
https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/records/election-2020/cv2020-014553
Document Link 2
https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=1646
Comments
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.