Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has taken to Twitter to elevate the voices of Arizonans who testify that they had experienced voting issues, irregularities, and other discrepancies on Election Day.
Some of the individuals argue that these issues caused the widespread disenfranchisement of Republican voters.
The videos of concerned Arizonans come in light of Lake’s highly contested election against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, where reports of misprinted ballots and widespread voting issues surfaced as soon as the polls opened across the state — including in the state’s most populated county.
Hobbs, who claims victory in the gubernatorial race, just so happens to be in charge of managing Arizona’s elections as Secretary of State, and insists that it’s entirely normal for elections to seem so dysfunctional and extended.
Steve’s Testimony is just one of thousands we have received
“I have no doubt that these issues disenfranchised and turned away a lot of people”
Almost HALF of all voting centers experienced similar issues. This is unacceptable.
Help FUEL our fight: ⤵️https://t.co/XJKyq7uzXn pic.twitter.com/rLmAktaS9v
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
“One of the tabulators was broken, and the other tabulator kept rejecting everyone’s votes. I saw a lot of people whose second and third votes did not get through, and when I left, there were still probably a block and a half, or two blocks of people waiting in line at 7:15 in the morning,” one Arizonan named Steve said.
Election Day was a total mess. Care to explain, @MaricopaVote? pic.twitter.com/JZwasJ8gWu
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
“I got to the polls at PVCC at 7 PM and they denied me the right to vote and made me go home — even though there was a long line of people still waiting,” one Arizonan named Marley said.
Marley got in line before polls closed and was turned away from voting.
Countless reports of this have came in from across Maricopa
Help fuel our fight: ⤵️https://t.co/XJKyq7uzXn pic.twitter.com/mUsxutRyEL
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
One video posted by Lake depicts two individuals, Emily and Jalen, who allege that Jalen experienced issues voting at his community college after it was discovered that he intended to vote Republican.
“They continuously wouldn’t give us the full ballot,” Emily said of Jalen’s experience. “We even called the school to tell them about what happened and the Dean said ‘this has happened many different times before’ but they can’t do anything to stop them.”
Jalen registered to vote at his community college campus.
When he showed up to vote they refused to give him a full ballot, & asked if he was an illegal immigrant.
After providing them proof that he was born & raised in Arizona, Jalen was STILL denied his right to vote. pic.twitter.com/TRUrFoFWtg
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
“They came out and said the printers were not working,” Alfred from Maricopa County said. “Waited about 45 minutes to get in, to an hour, got in, filled out my ballot, went to scan it, and the scanners weren’t working. Not just for me, but for just about everybody else.”
This is Alfred from Maricopa County.
Alfred waited for an hour to vote on Election Day at his local church.
When he finally went to scan his ballot, he was rejected by the tabulators.
Alfred was told to put his ballot in a blue box so it could be counted 'later.' pic.twitter.com/AYWY61lqAx
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
Maria from Anthem says she waited over two hours to cast her vote and was told that 70 percent of the voting machines were not working, prompting election workers to give voters four chances to feed their ballots in before they would relocate them to a box to be counted “later.”
“The machines were going down. We were told that 70 percent of the voting cards were not being read at that time, and that they were just having ‘issues’ with the whole thing. We were also told we could try and put our votes through four times. At that point, if it didn’t go through on the fourth time we could go ahead and leave it to be done at a later date,” Maria said.
This is Maria from Anthem.
Maria waited for over 2 hours to cast her vote.
During that time, she was told that over 70% of the voting machines were inoperable.
People were given four opportunities to feed their ballots before placing them in a box to be counted "later." pic.twitter.com/fdsV3iEtni
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
Stuart, a poll observer in Scottsdale, says that at his polling location, tabulators started rejecting ballots at an increasing rate throughout the day. By 12:30 PM, he said four out of seven ballots failed to be tabulated.
“I’ll never forget the look on these affected voters faces. They were in disbelief that our system of voting was failing them en masse on the most important Election Day of the 2022 cycle. In the 42 years I have been voting, 99 percent of which was in person, I have never experienced such chaos, confusion, and voter suppression,” he said.
Stuart alleges at 11:30 AM a technician showed up to check the machines
Only then did tabulators start to experience issues
Between 11:30-12 PM: 10% of ballots were failing
Between Noon-12:30 PM: 20% of ballots were failing
Between 12:30-1:00: 4 of 7 ballots were failing 💔 pic.twitter.com/wfs6u5kHyz
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
One Maricopa County voter named Shannon says it took her two hours to vote just for her ballot to contain faded ink and be rejected eight times.
“It took me about two hours. Later that day, a friend of mine, we were hearing issues all day with friends of ours, two and a half hours to vote at that location — tabulators down. We went to deliver water to the voters there. The line was wrapped around the building for the two and half hours,” Shannon said. “It was an issue all day.”
It took Shannon over 2 hours to vote on Election Day.
Her first ballot showed faded ink & was rejected 8 times.
Shannon asked to spoil her ballot & was able to vote with a new ballot.
Lines were around the block.
How many people didn't have two hours to spend at the polls? pic.twitter.com/4HgFo1DFKm
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
Lawrence from Anthem testifies that it took over an hour and a half to get inside his polling location. Once he got inside, a woman who had already voted approached him and stated that “they’re playing games inside.”
“Claiming the printers don’t work, the tabulators weren’t working, and they want you to put your vote in ‘Box 3.’,” Larry said.
Larry added that an election worker was following the woman and instructing voters not to listen to her, but then had the same situation happen to him.
It took Larry an hour & a half to get into his polling location
Inside, Larry's ballot was repeatedly rejected by the tabulator. He was asked to put it in box three so it could be counted downtown.
He refused. Because he felt it meant they would throw his vote in the trash. pic.twitter.com/71mkQxbVzR
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
“Put my ballot in, it did not take. I reversed it, did not take. Flipped it over, did not take. Reversed it, did not take. So they said ‘oh, we can put it in box 3 and it’ll be tabulated downtown,’ and I go, ‘no we’re not. We’re not doing that because my vote is probably going to go in the garbage.’,” he said.
“Frustrating as hell. It was not a good experience at all,” Larry continued. “They blamed the printer but it was probably planned to frustrate you to leave.”
One voter from Maricopa County who resides in a 55 and older community says he believes he experienced voter suppression after witnessing tabulators that were dysfunctioning.
This gentleman lives in a 55 & older community in Maricopa County.
He arrived 15 minutes early to his voting location.
After leaving, he saw that the line had doubled & was not moving at all.
The tabulators had ALREADY failed.
He believes this is a form of voter suppression. pic.twitter.com/6GNNReqiwg
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 17, 2022
Watch this. Then tell me what you think. I’ll stand by… pic.twitter.com/uE6xxm7zCa
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 18, 2022
One mother whose son is a registered voter at Arizona State University says he was instructed by election officials to leave the premises and that his vote would not be counted.
Her son also apparently was offered $250 by Democrats “if he would rally his friends together to vote Democrat.”
“When he got to the polling place, they were going down the line telling people to leave and that their vote was not going to be counted,” she said.
“They were then handing out sharpie markers to everyone to vote with, which he knew better, so he asked for a ballpoint pen. They said that they could not find his voter registration, which we registered him when he moved in August, so I was there with him when it happened,” she added.
After registering at ASU, Tiffany's son received a text offering him $250 to rally for Democrats
In line to vote, he was told to leave & that his vote would not be counted
Inside, he was told he was not registered, given a Sharpie, & told to drop a provisional ballot in box 3. pic.twitter.com/9NGTvGPvSn
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 18, 2022
“They said that they could not find it and he had to vote provisional ballot. They had him fill it all out and put it in box number 3. Also, he ran into issues with tents being right outside the entrance for Mark Kelly. There were people handing out flyers, and Democrat voting posters, people were having those right at the entrance as well,” she said.
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