Election officials in Maricopa County Arizona are still counting votes almost a week after Election Day, which took place on November 8, and the race for governor remains too close to call.
On Election Day, 25 percent of vote tabulation machines in the county were not working. County officials claim the problem was caused by a “printer setting issue.” The issue wasn’t resolved for hours after polls opened and voting hours were not extended by a judge, despite an official request from the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
Here is a message from Chairman Bill Gates and Recorder Stephen Richer with an update for @maricopacounty voters on Elections Day. pic.twitter.com/OkQczCklGb
— Maricopa County Elections (@MaricopaVote) November 8, 2022
BREAKING: Maricopa County says that they have “identified the solution” for tabulator issues.
“County technicians have changed the printer settings, which seems to have resolved this issue.” pic.twitter.com/QvA3UCrEqQ
— Cameron Arcand (@cameron_arcand) November 8, 2022
After crunching the numbers, the Republican Party of Arizona is crying foul and accusing the county of disenfranchising GOP voters.
“The Republican Party of Arizona has partnered with Big Data Polling to conduct exit polling on Arizona voters following the 2022 Midterms General Election. Data from November 1st, 2022, through November 8th, 2022, indicates that Republican voters were disproportionately and negatively impacted while voting in Arizona’s GOP strongholds,” the Republican Party of Arizona released in a statement over the weekend. “Exit polling shows that a low of 10 percent to a high of 17 percent of total turnout is Election Day Drop Offs. To be clear, that is defined as a voter who physically delivered their mail-in ballot to a polling station on Election Day. While historic, the publicly reported information showing a 13% drop-off rate correlates with our exit poll data.”
