Sat Jan 14, 2023 – 4:34 pm EST
PHOENIX (LifeSiteNews) — An appeals court this week granted a request by Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake to speed up consideration of her election lawsuit.
Lake is challenging the integrity of the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election after she reportedly lost to Democratic challenger Katie Hobbs. The Trump-backed Republican alleges that election machine malfunctions hampered her odds of success.
The Arizona Court of Appeals agreed to expedite the case upon Lake’s request in a January 9 order, setting the court date to consider the challenge to February 1, The Epoch Times reported. The court was previously slated to consider the challenge in March.
According to the report, “[a] portion of Lake’s lawsuit included claims that she would have won or had a better chance of winning if dozens of Maricopa County ballot printers worked properly on Election Day.”
🚨🚨UPDATE 🚨🚨
Court of Appeals Agrees to Expedite Kari Lake’s 2022 Election Casehttps://t.co/5tSUfRrJql
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) January 12, 2023
While the Monday decision is a boon for Lake, the Republican firebrand’s legal efforts have gone through a series of fits and starts.
In December, Maricopa County judge Peter Thompson
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