A Maricopa County, Arizona judge ruled lection officials may seek sanctions against losing Republican Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh for his attempts to decertify the 2022 election Hamadeh lost to Democrat Kris Mayes by 280 votes, the Arizona Republican reports.
The ruling by Judge Susanna Pineda also consolidated–and dismissed–suits brought by Hamadeh and two private citizens seeking to require yet another hand recount of ballots and reverse the results of the election that happened 18 months ago. Private citizen David Mast and Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby (acting as a private citizen) brought suit claiming their votes were negated because mail-in ballots were counted even though each ballot's signature was not matched to the voter's registration cards.