And in other news....Kari Lake is losing her court case
The Runbeck employee Lake supporters were so excited about testifying...chose not to testify
Another Lake witness, Parikh who testified the day before about 19 inch ballots images were "intentional" had his testimony refuted by the fact that no 19 inch ballots existed in the vote database and if they did they would have been counted anyway...not discarded.
The rest of the day was filled with Lake's other witness a pollster having his credibility destroyed
Case is over. Verdict within 5 days.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...zona-governor-ends-judge-decides/69752580007/
Kari Lake's 2-day election trial wraps up; judge to decide
Ray Stern
Arizona Republic
Kari Lake’s two-day election challenge ended Thursday without any evidence presented that election problems were engineered by Maricopa County officials and her opponent.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson, who oversaw the short trial, said after closing arguments by attorneys he would soon render his opinion but that it would not be before “five o’clock.” Legally, he has five days to decide whether Lake proved her case.
Thompson tossed out eight of her 10 allegations but allowed the evidence trial to proceed on the remaining two. Lake had a high bar to clear from the outset:
Thompson said she must show that the printer malfunctions were intentionally rigged to affect the election results, and that the actions "did actually affect the outcome."
The second day of hearings was dominated by testimony by Rich Baris, a conservative writer and pollster called to the stand by Lake’s legal team to discuss Baris’ theory that his polling data shows Lake would have won but for the polling-site issues.
Christina Ford, a lawyer for Hobbs, attempted to impugn Baris’ credibility by pointing out that his company has been given an “F” rating by Nate Silver’s 538 site, which has banned the firm while aggregating the results of more than 400 polling companies nationwide.
Defense lawyers also brought in University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Kenneth Mayer to explain election procedures and debunk Baris’ theory. Mayer accused Baris of using “sleight-of-hand” in his analysis.
“This is all just a counter-factual he’s making up,” Mayer said.