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The Arizona Court of Appeals has officially rejected Republican Kari Lake’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2022 gubernatorial election, ruling this week that no “basis justifies setting aside the election results,“CNNreports.
In its decision, the Court of Appeals said Lake’s “request for relief fails because the evidence presented to the superior court ultimately supports the court’s conclusion that voters were able to cast their ballots, that votes were counted correctly, and that no other basis justifies setting aside the election results,” per CNN.
Shesued Arizona officialsin December, requesting they overturn the results and declare her winner.
In a complaint, she alleged that “hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots infected the election in Maricopa County,” though she did not offer any evidence of the claim.
In astatementissued after the court of appeals rejected Lake’s attempts to throw out the election results, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Clint Hickman said, “It’s way past time to move on.”
“As we have said, every valid vote was counted in a midterm election that saw near-record turnout,” Hickman, a Republican, said in the statement.
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Even as she’s worked to overturn her electoral loss, Lake has also allegedly had her eye on other aims, recently traveling to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump in person in an attempt to elevate her from the pack of others being considered for theformer president’s 2024 ticket.
“I believe she wants to be his running mate,” a source told PEOPLE in December. “She is working the deal. She wants something bigger, fast, to compensate for her loss in Arizona.”
source: people.com
