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The Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Electronic Voting Machines in Arizona

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake challenging the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona. The lawsuit, filed by Lake and Republican state lawmaker Mark Finchem during her failed 2022 campaign for governor, sought to block the use of electronic voting machines in the state, questioning their ability to ensure a fair and accurate vote.

The case was initially rejected by a federal judge in 2022, and that decision was affirmed by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals last year. The court stated that the plaintiffs’ arguments were limited to potential future hacking and did not provide evidence of past harm. They also noted that Arizona law includes robust safeguards, the use of paper ballots, and the retention of those ballots post-tabulation.

In their appeal to the Supreme Court, Lake’s attorneys claimed that Arizona’s voting machines had been hacked and manipulated. However, the nation’s highest court rejected their claims without comment, as is common in such cases.

“We are obviously disappointed that the US Supreme Court decided not to review the decisions of the Arizona district court and the Ninth Circuit, and order that our challenge to the 2022 election procedures be heard on the merits,” said Kurt Olsen, one of the attorneys involved in the case.

Republicans, including Lake, Finchem, and former President Donald Trump, have sought to cast doubt on the 2020 and 2022 election results in states like Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Despite their efforts, these results have been consistently upheld.

The rejection of this lawsuit by the Supreme Court highlights the importance of upholding the integrity of the electoral process and ensuring that all votes are counted accurately and fairly.