Kari Lake, the current candidate for the US Senate in Arizona, appears unwilling to move on from her 2022 gubernatorial defeat. Recently, she filed a petition to the Supreme Court, contending that electronic voting should be deemed unconstitutional. What’s striking this time is her new ally in this endeavor: Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow.
This legal action traces back to the lead-up to the 2022 election when Lake, alongside local secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem, sued Maricopa County. Their aim was to prohibit the use of electronic vote counters, which they argued were susceptible to hacking.
In August 2022, the lawsuit was dismissed, with the judge labeling it as “frivolous” and imposing $122,000 in sanctions on Lake and Finchem’s legal team. Judge John Tuchi emphasized the importance of not entertaining baseless narratives that erode public trust in the democratic process, particularly amid rising disinformation. Both Lake and Finchem subsequently lost their respective elections.
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Despite an appeals court upholding the dismissal in October, Lake remains undeterred in her pursuit to contest election outcomes. Now, she’s joined by Lindell, known for propagating false claims about voting machines. Lindell extensively promoted the lawsuit, making appearances on various platforms to tout supposed “explosive evidence” that he claimed would “save the country” and “shock the world.”