August 4, 2023
AZ Supreme Court Is Asked To Hear Hamadeh Election Case
AMID CRITICISM OF HOBBS AND MOHAVE COUNTY JUDGE
Questions surrounding who actually received the most lawful votes in the 2022 Attorney General race need not linger, despite efforts by some government entities to end further consideration of Abe Hamadeh’s election challenge against Kris Mayes.
That is the position put forth to the Arizona Supreme Court in a petition for special action filed Thursday by Jennifer Wright, one of the attorneys representing Hamadeh.
The petition argues the justices can “ensure that significant, non-speculative, outcome-determinative issues are fully litigated and that every valid vote is counted,” if they grant Hamadeh petition for a new trial.
Hamadeh’s petition points to numerous issues connected to the case, which started Dec. 9 when Hamadeh filed the challenge along with two Mohave County voters and the Republican National Committee. At the time, Mayes had a 511-vote margin going into a mandatory statewide recount.
The first trial was held Dec. 23 in front of Judge Lee Jantzen of the Mohave County Superior Court. Jantzen dismissed Hamadeh’s election contest that same day, but did not rule on a Jan. 3 motion for a new trial until July 14 when the motion was denied.
“Pointedly, the parties’ rights to speedy decisions have been grossly and repeatedly violated,” the petition states. “Given the urgency to resolve all of these matters and the lack of a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy, a special action to this Court is warranted.”
Hamadeh issued a statement late Thursday about the filing in which he highlighted the thousands of uncounted ballots in the attorney general’s race. …
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