The Republican candidate said she is considering her next move after declaring the race for Democratic challenger Katie Hobbs. In a two-and-a-half-minute video, Ms Lake gave no indication she was about to throw in the towel. Before the election, he had refused to say whether he would concede if he lost. Ms Lake said: “Rest assured, I have assembled the best and brightest legal team and we are exploring every avenue to right the many wrongs that have been made over the past week. “I’m doing everything in my power to right those wrongs.” The staunch Trump supporter pointed to long lines at some polling places exacerbated by problems with ballot printers at about a third of polling places in Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest county. He claimed the problems turned away voters who couldn’t wait at the polls, adding, “What happened to the people of Arizona on Election Day is inexcusable.” County election officials said all ballots were counted and voters could go to any polling place in the county, many of which had little or no line, with wait times posted online. Elections officials traced the problems to a printer setting that sometimes resulted in ballots being printed too lightly for on-site taggers to read. They said they used the same setup in the August primary and for pre-election testing, and there were no widespread issues. Nancy Pelosi resigns as US House Democratic leader About 17,000 ballots were not scanned at precinct-based vote counters and were instead placed in a collection box to be counted by more sophisticated machines at the county polling station, which became known as “box three.” Bill Gates, the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, accused state GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward and other prominent Republicans of causing delays and long lines by telling supporters not to use box three. “This group, we have accepted our responsibility in this,” Mr. Gates said on Monday. “But I’m not prepared to accept responsibility for issues caused by others. And it’s clear to me that those lines were drawn because leaders of a political party were spreading misinformation.” Republicans asked a judge to extend polling hours because of the issues, but the judge refused, saying they had not presented evidence that anyone had been disenfranchised. What are the polls saying about Trump vs DeSantis? Democrats voted overwhelmingly by mail-in ballots with in-person voting on Election Day heavily favoring Republicans because Ms. Lake and others in the party had argued it was safer. Ms. Lake has said little since multiple news organizations called the race for Ms. Hobbs on Monday. Late Wednesday, he posted a video featuring clips from the campaign for Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” Her video on Thursday said Ms Hobbs, who is currently foreign secretary, should have withdrawn from any role in the election. The Secretary of State creates election procedures and certifies equipment, but her office does not count ballots.
