BREAKING UPDATE: 9th Circuit Wastes No Time In REJECTING Kari Lake/Mark Finchem Call To "Recall Mandate" In Voting Machines Case

 "BREAKING UPDATE: 9th Circuit Wastes No Time In REJECTING Kari Lake/Mark Finchem Call To "Recall Mandate" In Voting Machines Case"

It only took one week for a panel of 9th Circuit judges REJECTED Kari Lake and Mark Finchem's unusual "Motion to Recall Mandate" in their dismissed 2022 case challenging Arizona's use of electronic machines in elections.

In the Motion, Lake and Finchem brought their same batch of purported new evidence that Maricopa County had done things incorrectly and had misled previous courts. It was similar to the claims that the U.S. Supreme Court had quickly rejected earlier this year.

Maricopa County filed a 27-page response that was joined by the Arizona Secretary of State's Office. They asked to be reimbursed for the Response, but the judges rejected the request.

There are still pending appeals by Lake's and Finchem's attorneys challenging the $122,200 in sanctions levied against them.

 

Correction: The article has been corrected to reflect that the request for sanctions was denied by the judges.

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This article was reported by AZ Law founder Paul Weich. 

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