ona Races Too Close to Call Heading into Wednesday //
Two closely-watched races from Arizona are yet to be called.
Conservatives had high hopes for Blake Masters, GOP senator, and Kari Lake, governor, as they predicted a “red wave” of midterm elections. However, results remained elusive on Tuesday evening. Throughout the evening, Katie Hobbs, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Mark Kelly (Democratic senatorial candidate) led the charge. However Lake and Masters pulled closer in early morning.
According to The New York Times 66% of votes in the Lake or Hobbs race were in as of Wednesday morning, with 50.33% going to Hobbs and 49.67% going to Lake. The Masters and Kelly races had 68% of votes, with Kelly at 51.4%, and Masters at 46.4%. according the Times.
Politico reported that some ballot scanners had stopped reading ballots. Officials said that 20% of 200 Maricopa County polling stations had at least one malfunctioning tabulator.
Former President Donald Trump Jr. and his son Donald Trump Jr. were high-profile Republicans who urged voters not to travel to other polling locations and risk losing their vote.
Lake advised voters that “if you have already *checked-in* at a Maricopa County polling location where the tabulators are not working, you should *not* leave to go to another location without casting your vote.” “Your provisional ballot at this new location will likely not count.”
“If you have already checked into a Maricopa County voter location, where the tabulators are not working, you can (1) wait for the ballot to be tabulated, (2) ask for the handicapped voting machine, (3) or leave your ballot in a container to be counted later.”
According to Politico, Tuesday saw the Masters and Lake campaigns file an emergency lawsuit in conjunction with the Republican National Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee in order to keep the polls open in Maricopa County for three hours more until 10 p.m.
The lawsuit claimed that election officials had miscalculated and that 36% of voting centers had problems burdening voters with long lines and excessive delays.
Timothy Ryan, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge, rejected the lawsuit Tuesday evening. He stated that minutes before polling places close, “The Court does not have any evidence that a voter was denied the right to vote.”
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