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Lake had argued that Maricopa County did not perform signature verification on hundreds of thousands of early ballots correctly during the November 2022 midterms, while county officials had insisted that the verification was done in line with statutes.

Her lawyers argued that there was evidence that lower-level screeners who found inconsistencies in signatures ran them up the chain of command, where they were neglected by higher level verifiers.

They also argued that some 274,000 signatures were compared in less than two seconds each, though the judge ruled that the time was not relevant and did not amount to a statutory violation.

Reynaldo “Rey” Valenzuela, the Maricopa County director of elections, said that over 150 people reviewed the signatures and that a total of four levels of signature verification took place.

"Mr. Valenzuela testified that the final canvass was accurate," Thompson wrote in the ruling. "No clear and convincing evidence, or even a preponderance of evidence, contradicts him."

At the conclusion of the three-day trial, Thompson said the court did not find enough evidence of misconduct as alleged by Lake's team.

"It is ordered: confirming the election of Katie Hobbs as Arizona Governor," the judge ruled.

Lake has not publicly commented on the ruling, though she <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1660851611340529666?s=20">said in a Twitter post</a> that there would be a "big announcement" coming on Tuesday.

She later <a href="https://twitter.com/Trumpetarian/status/1660874140998602754?s=20">reposted a meme</a> poking fun at the fast pace of signature verification with the comment "Arizona signature verification. Judge: nothing to see here."

Hobbs has not publicly commented on the ruling, though an attorney representing the governor called it a "victory for Arizona, our election processes, and voters across the state."
<h2>'No Way to Review Signatures'</h2>
Early voters in Arizona must sign an affidavit on the ballot envelope that says they are registered to vote in the state. Those signatures are one of several security measures for mail-in ballots.

Lake’s lawyers argued there was a flood of mail-in ballots in Maricopa County at a time when there were too few workers to verify ballot signatures.

Lake sued Hobbs, along with Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Maricopa County election officials, requesting last year's election results be thrown out or that she be declared the victor.

Election data show that Lake was behind Hobbs by about 17,000 votes.

Lake's attorneys said the county ultimately accepted thousands of ballots that had been rejected earlier by workers for having mismatched signatures.

“There’s simply no way to review signatures with respect to procedures,” Kurt Olsen, one of Lake’s attorneys, said at trial, according to The Associated Press.

Based on Maricopa County data that was analyzed by expert witness Erich Speckin, Olsen <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLakeWarRoom/status/1659665768391528451">said</a> that "approximately 274,000 ballots out of 1.3 million cast were compared and signature verified, purportedly, in less than three seconds a ballot. Seventy thousand in less than two seconds a ballot."

"That's not signature comparison” as defined by Arizona statute, Olsen said.

In his ruling, the judge acknowledged Speckin's expert testimony, saying that Speckin testified about "what he believed to be necessary for signature verification in his line of work."

However, the judge said that there is no statutory or legal requirement that a specific amount of time needs to be applied to verifying signatures.

"Giving all due weight to Mr. Speckin's signature verification expertise, his analysis and preferred methodology is not law, and a violation of law is what Plaintiff was required to demonstrate," he wrote.

"Accepting that argument would require the court to re-write not only the [Election Procedures Manual] but Arizona law to insert a minimum time for signature verification and specify the variables to be considered in the process," the judge added.
<h2>'This Is Justice'</h2>
During the trial's closing arguments, Maricopa Attorney Thomas Liddy <a href="https://rumble.com/v2op9fy-badlands-media-special-coverage-kari-lakes-election-trial-day-3.html?mref=v6mdk&mc=74e3j">rejected</a> Olsen's conclusions based on Speckin's calculations indicating that a mere few seconds were spent on verifying each signature.

"There’s no competent, mathematical calculation whatsoever to conclude that a sufficient number—even one ballot—was improperly counted, let alone that there’s a sufficient number of votes improperly counted so as to affect the election’s outcome were even rendered uncertain," Liddy said.

Liddy also argued that Lake "has proven that our election process in Arizona is neither a joke nor a fraud. It works, it works well, and Arizonans can vote and be confident their vote will be counted. I ask this court to again reconfirm ... Miss Hobbs’ election as governor.”

The judge sided with Maricopa County, ruling that the court did not find enough evidence to support Lake's claim, while declaring Hobbs the winner.

Craig Morgan, an attorney with Sherman & Howard who represented the governor, told AZ Central that the ruling "confirms what we have known all along."

"Arizona’s elections are safe, secure, and reliable, and those who help facilitate Arizona’s elections are honest, have the highest integrity, and are committed to the preservation of our democracy," Morgan said.

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Clint Hickman, a Republican, told AZ Central that the verdict was a reflection of insufficient evidence brought forward by Lake's team.

"When 'bombshells' and 'smoking guns' are not backed up by facts, they fail in court," he told the outlet. "This is justice, and this is what happened today in Kari Lake’s election contest."

Last week's trial is the second that has been brought in Lake's election-related challenge.

It is unclear whether Lake intends to appeal.

<em>The Associated Press and Jack Phillips contributed to this report.</em>

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-rules-against-kari-lake-in-election-lawsuit-confirms-katie-hobbs-as-arizona-governor_5284720.html">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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