The referral from Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) to Attorney General Chris Meyers (D) comes as Lake has doubled down on her unsubstantiated claims that the state’s midterm election administration led to her s failure. The Washington Post obtained a copy of the recommendation letter.
An aide to Lake did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
As part of her displeasure, a Jan. 23 tweet from Lake’s account claimed that 40,000 ballots did not match the signatures of voters on record in Arizona. The tweet included an image containing 16 images of voter signatures.
“I think all ‘election deniers’ should apologize,” tweet Say.
In his letter, Fontes pointed to state laws covering public inspection of voter registration records. The law states that records containing voter signatures “may not be accessed or copied by anyone other than the voter.”
Violating that law is a felony, he wrote.
A spokesman for Mayes confirmed the office had received the referral but declined to comment.
Just a few months ago, Republicans in Arizona lost nearly all of the state’s major He is in the midterms after months of campaigning under false claims that the 2020 election was stolen by Donald Trump.that’s not always A winning strategy in Arizona or many other states, But many Republican leaders here and their supporters still cling to the lies of electoral fraud, refuse to admit defeat to their candidates and resist efforts to reduce the state’s extreme divisions.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters at the Save Arizona Rally in Scottsdale on Sunday, Lake vowed to hold public officials accountable for what she called a “botched” election. She called Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) a “squatter in the governor’s office.” Hobbs defeated Lake by more than 17,000 votes.
