Arizona Republican loses election lawsuit in secretary of state race

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘An Arizona judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state, that challenged the results in his race, confirming Democrat Adrian Fontes’ victory in the contest.
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Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian rejected Finchem’s arguments, noting that the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), which supervises the accreditation process, provides for the process for testing and certification of voting system hardware and software, but states can choose whether to adopt it.
[…]
Julian said in her ruling that federal law requires the EAC to take a vote to remove accreditation from a laboratory, which it did not do.

Julian also rejected arguments from Finchem that “tabulating machine failures” and a change in the estimated number of votes cast on the secretary of state’s website indicate that illegal voting happened. She said Finchem’s argument only mentions speculation that votes might not have been counted and not that any legal votes were not counted, which cannot sustain an election contest.’

Arizona Republican loses election lawsuit in secretary of state race

An Arizona judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state who challenged the results in his race, confirming Democrat Adrian Fontes’s victory in the …

thehill.com

Speculation is neither ‘fact’ nor ‘evidence.’

 

[22lcidw]

‘An Arizona judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state, that challenged the results in his race, confirming Democrat Adrian Fontes’ victory in the contest.
[…]
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian rejected Finchem’s arguments, noting that the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), which supervises the accreditation process, provides for the process for testing and certification of voting system hardware and software, but states can choose whether to adopt it.
[…]
Julian said in her ruling that federal law requires the EAC to take a vote to remove accreditation from a laboratory, which it did not do.

Julian also rejected arguments from Finchem that “tabulating machine failures” and a change in the estimated number of votes cast on the secretary of state’s website indicate that illegal voting happened. She said Finchem’s argument only mentions speculation that votes might not have been counted and not that any legal votes were not counted, which cannot sustain an election contest.’

Arizona Republican loses election lawsuit in secretary of state race

An Arizona judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state who challenged the results in his race, confirming Democrat Adrian Fontes’s victory in the …

thehill.com

Speculation is neither ‘fact’ nor ‘evidence.’

Progs have their Hitler's. If Democracy which you support started to elect Hitler's in local Republican areas, would you have a problem with it? You are cornering people. And you won't let up. Your violence though is massive and in truth shallow. Go deeper and there will be very little of it. However, you control the national dictatorial police apparatus or are on the samematrees as them.

 

[konradv]

Progs have their Hitler's. If Democracy which you support started to elect Hitler's in local Republican areas, would you have a problem with it? You are cornering people. And you won't let up. Your violence though is massive and in truth shallow. Go deeper and there will be very little of it. However, you control the national dictatorial police apparatus or are on the samematrees as them.

"samematrees"? English, please!

 

[Chillicothe]

Should not go unnoticed nor without emphasis:

"In a ruling posted late Friday evening, Judge Melissa Julian dismissed what she called a “frivolous” case brought by Finchem and invited attorneys for Hobbs and Fontes to file motions seeking sanctions.
Julian issued a blistering retort to claims made by Finchem’s attorney in which she said that the claims failed on their merits,....."