The Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake challenging the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona. The lawsuit, filed during Ms Lake’s failed 2022 campaign for governor, sought to block electronic voting machines in Arizona, claiming they were vulnerable to cyberattacks and voter fraud.
The case was rejected by a federal judge in 2022 and affirmed by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals last year. Ms Lake’s attorneys argued in their appeal to the Supreme Court that Arizona’s voting machines had been hacked and manipulated, but the court ultimately rejected their claims without comment.
“We are obviously disappointed that the US Supreme Court decided not to review the decisions of the Arizona district court and the Ninth Circuit,” said attorney Kurt Olsen. “The Kari Lake and Mark Finchem case was dismissed based on a purported lack of standing to assert an injury. Therefore, the courts have not ruled on the merits of our case.”
Republicans, including Ms Lake, Mr Finchem, and former president Donald Trump, have continued to cast doubt on the 2020 and 2022 election results in states like Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, despite these results being consistently upheld. Olsen stated that they will continue to raise these issues, especially in light of the upcoming 2024 election.
