{"id":511868,"date":"2022-11-17T19:42:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kari-lake-declines-to-concede-says-shes-assembling-legal-team\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:42:41","slug":"kari-lake-declines-to-concede-says-shes-assembling-legal-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kari-lake-declines-to-concede-says-shes-assembling-legal-team\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kari Lake declines to concede, says she\u2019s assembling legal team"},"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-6a3db87fdd55a\" 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-6a3db87fdd55a\" 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\/kari-lake-declines-to-concede-says-shes-assembling-legal-team\/#Kari_Lake_declines_to_concede_says_shes_assembling_legal_team\" >Kari Lake declines to concede, says she\u2019s assembling legal team<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kari_Lake_declines_to_concede_says_shes_assembling_legal_team\"><\/span>Kari Lake declines to concede, says she\u2019s assembling legal team<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2a5515c4f8174cdc8a41c8c9eece65f2-2.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Correction: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates\u2019s party affiliated has been corrected. He is a Republican.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) declined to concede governor race to Democrat Katie Hobbs Thursday, raising concerns about the election process.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Associated Press and other outlets projected that Hobbs won the race on Monday. But Lake indicated she is assembling a legal team that is \u201ccollecting evidence and data\u201d pertaining to the electoral process. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest assured, I have assembled the best and brightest legal team and we are exploring every avenue to correct the many wrongs that have been done this past week,\u201d Lake said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1593251949201084423\">video address<\/a> posted Thursday morning. \u201cI\u2019m doing everything in my power to right these wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On multiple occasions, Lake, a Trump-backed candidate, sidestepped questions about whether she would accept the results of her election.<\/p>\n<p>Since Election Day, Lake has called election officials \u201cincompetent,\u201d and shortly after Hobbs was projected as the winner, Lake tweeted: \u201cArizonans know BS when they see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake on Thursday pointed to printing malfunctions in Maricopa County, the state\u2019s most populous county that includes Phoenix, calling it \u201cunforgivable\u201d and claiming voters were disenfranchised.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy of the county\u2019s 223 voting centers early on Election Day used printers that churned out ballots with ink that was too light for tabulation machines to read, election officials said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Voters could wait in line until the issue was fixed, cast a ballot at another vote center or deposit their original ballot in a separate, secure box that was sent to the county\u2019s central facility for tabulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>County election officials have repeatedly pushed back on Lake\u2019s allegations, saying no one was denied an opportunity to vote and indicated the issue impacted less than 7 percent of Election Day ballots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lake campaign and Republican groups called for an extension of in-person voting on Election Day in the county just before polls closed, but a state judge rejected the motion, saying he had seen no evidence that a voter was unable to cast a ballot.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is election administration has built in redundancies \u2014 backup plans when things don\u2019t go as planned,\u201d Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates (R) and Vice Chairman Clint Hickman (R) said in a joint statement last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis enables all valid votes to count even if <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, on occasion, fails,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cVoters impacted by the printer issue had several ways to cast their ballot yesterday, including dropping their completed ballot into a secure box (door 3) on site. Those ballots will be verified as legitimate and then tabulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of Lake\u2019s claims were also endorsed by former President Trump, who formally entered the 2024 presidential contest on Tuesday. Lake endorsed Trump in the race.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Lake on Thursday also attacked Hobbs, who serves as Arizona\u2019s secretary of state, for declining to recuse herself from this year\u2019s election proceedings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs\u2019s office oversees the certification of elections, while counties handle ballots and submit their tabulations to the office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allie Bones, Hobbs\u2019s deputy, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TEoKVscBKv4\">told<\/a> CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper on Monday that the office will never touch ballots from the election.<\/p>\n<p>But Bones added that Hobbs will fulfill a \u201cministerial act\u201d of signing paperwork signing off on the statewide canvass alongside the signatures of the state\u2019s Republican governor and attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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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He is a Republican. Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) declined to concede governor race to Democrat Katie Hobbs Thursday, raising concerns about the election process. 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