{"id":509182,"date":"2022-11-12T08:22:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T05:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrat-wins-arizona-elections-post-over-gop-conspiracist\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T08:22:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T05:22:54","slug":"democrat-wins-arizona-elections-post-over-gop-conspiracist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrat-wins-arizona-elections-post-over-gop-conspiracist\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d56d2b5cbc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d56d2b5cbc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrat-wins-arizona-elections-post-over-gop-conspiracist\/#Democrat_wins_Arizona_elections_post_over_GOP_conspiracist\" >Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democrat_wins_Arizona_elections_post_over_GOP_conspiracist\"><\/span>Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Democrat Adrian Fontes won the top elections post in Arizona on Friday, defeating a Republican rival who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and who said he would not have certified Joe Biden\u2019s win in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes, who formerly oversaw parts of the election system in Arizona\u2019s most populous county, had said Republican Mark Finchem represented a danger to democracy if he had won. The secretary of state, working with the governor and attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-biden-doug-ducey-arizona-donald-trump-710d8d35d6414784255fa133e08f190e?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_04\" data-ylk=\"slk:broad authority\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">broad authority<\/a> to rewrite the state\u2019s election rules and plays a role in the certification of results.<\/p>\n<p>Finchem had emerged as one of the most prominent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-donald-trump-presidential-biden-cabinet-35d05e90209ccfab5b616d5cf498aac2\" data-ylk=\"slk:Republicans running for secretary of state\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Republicans running for secretary of state<\/a> positions around the country who falsely claimed that Biden was not elected legitimately. He had argued for significant changes to Arizona\u2019s elections after Biden won the state in 2020 and had been endorsed by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Finchem, losing GOP Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters and other Republicans complained Friday about the length of time it takes to count ballots in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes said that is how the system is designed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wouldn&#8217;t be complaining if they were winning,\u201d Fontes said. \u201cAnd so that says everything that needs to be said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fontes said he would not be doing much celebrating as election officials continue tallying votes, despite the mathematical improbability of Finchem turning around the overwhelming lead he had built since polls closed Tuesday night. The Associated Press declared he had won Friday night after his lead grew with the latest batch of election returns<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m not going to do a ton of crowing or celebrating for some time,\u201d Fontes said. \u201cI get that statistically it may be impossible for Mr. Finchem to beat us, but there&#8217;s a whole hell of a lot of votes that haven&#8217;t been tabulated yet, and I want to respect those voters. I want to stay true to my word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fontes did crow about Arizona&#8217;s election system and the one he helped implement used by Maricopa County, which processes hundreds of thousands of late-arriving ballots in just a few days to churn out vote counts each evening for days until all the votes are counted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very thorough, very careful system,\u201d he said. &#8220;Maricopa County&#8217;s election system and the rest of Arizona&#8217;s by connection, is the single most highly scrutinized election system ever. And they go a great job down there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After winning the state\u2019s primary election in August, Finchem said he wanted to restore the rule of law to elections in the state, declaring: \u201cRight now, we have lawlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voter-fraud-election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-7fcb6f134e528fee8237c7601db3328f\" data-ylk=\"slk:no evidence of widespread fraud\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">no evidence of widespread fraud<\/a> in the 2020 elections, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-government-and-politics-arizona-election-2020-e6158cd1b0c6442716064e6791b4c6fc\" data-ylk=\"slk:including in Arizona\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">including in Arizona<\/a>, where reviews of the voting upheld Biden\u2019s narrow victory.<\/p>\n<p>He joined with Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor, in a lawsuit seeking to get rid of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-business-lawsuits-arizona-568badf95c1ee263a6d8b3f7a94cf5cb\" data-ylk=\"slk:machines that tabulate votes\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">machines that tabulate votes<\/a> for the midterm elections and replace that process with a hand-count of all ballots in the state. Election experts say full hand-counts can be painfully slow, are prone to human error and are not as accurate as machine tallies.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleged that the vote-counting machines used in Arizona aren\u2019t reliable, a claim for which there is no evidence. They are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-lawsuits-arizona-phoenix-cf76f816610c42e86cd9b8b376d751c3\" data-ylk=\"slk:appealing a decision\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">appealing a decision<\/a> by a federal judge to dismiss their lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes is a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-phoenix-2e6a73e3025cfe5ef18e41e6d1eba96b\" data-ylk=\"slk:former Marine and local prosecutor\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">former Marine and local prosecutor<\/a> who staked his campaign on pledges to protect voting rights. He lost his seat as Maricopa County recorder after one term to a Republican in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes is latest among a group of Democratic candidates <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-e825e069640f1c89063210c39cd92ae4\" data-ylk=\"slk:for top state posts who defeated GOP candidate\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">for top state posts who defeated GOP candidate<\/a> s that questioned Biden&#8217;s win over former President Donald Trump. He said it was time for the public and press to move on from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do what you do with the sore loser on the fourth-grade playground. You ignore them and you keep moving along,&#8221; he said. \u201cThey are not a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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