Arizona Judge Expresses Skepticism of GOP Maricopa Recount Suit
- The state’s largest county favored Joe Biden in the election
- Democrats claim the suit is about delaying vote certification
Trump supporters demonstrate in Phoenix, Arizona on Nov. 7.
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An Arizona judge expressed skepticism about a Republican lawsuit seeking to force the state’s biggest county to re-do a hand recount of some ballots despite having no evidence of voter fraud or software errors.
The Arizona Republican Party sued Nov. 12 claiming Maricopa County’s state-mandated hand count of a sample of ballots -- to audit voting machine accuracy -- must be repeated because officials sampled votes from 2% of polling places, called vote centers, instead of 2% of precincts.