Kari Lake calls Arizona the ‘Laughingstock of Elections’

• On “Sunday Morning Futures”, the Arizona candidate for Governor Kari Lake criticized the state’s election process.
• It’s been five days since Nov. 8, and the race for her has not been called yet.
• Lake called Arizona’s voting process “embarrassing” as well as Arizona “the laughingstock in elections.”

While she waited for election results to determine whether she will become the next Governor of Arizona. GOP candidate Kari lake took to Fox News and called her state’s voting procedures “embarrassing.”

Five days have passed since the election day. Votes are still being counted in this battleground state’s gubernatorial races. At the time of publication, Lake was slightly behind Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs.

Lake, a Trump-backed candidatePreviously questioned the outcome of the 2020 presidential electionOn Sunday, she questioned the validity Arizona’s state election results that showed her behind in the polls.

Lake stated, “This incompetency and maladministration are outrageous.” Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” show. “And I think that’s the good news. More people are realizing that Arizona has serious problems when it comes to elections.”

She then went on to describe in-person delays as well as voting machines that were missing toner as evidence of how difficult it was for the state to conduct an efficient and fair election. On election day, election deniers seized on reportsAlthough malfunctioning electronic vote tabulation machines in Arizona were used as evidence of voter fraud there is no evidence that these temporary issues affected the election’s outcome.

Trump: “This is a scam, voter fraud, and no different from stuffing the ballot box boxes.” posted on Truth SocialOn Saturday, he added that Lake was taken to a Liberal Democrat District in order to vote and that the election was “stolen from Blake Masters,” a GOP candidate to the Senate. who lost his raceMark Kelly, the Democratic incumbent, was defeated. Masters joined the fray, also expressing doubts over the election results and claiming that Maricopa County had “mixed up” its ballots. Masters called for a recount. The Washington Post reported. 

Lake stated, “We must get in there and restore trust in our elections.””We cannot be the laughingstock of Arizona’s elections anymore, and when I become governor I will not allow it. I won’t.

Republicans have won four of the last four Arizona Governor’s races with between 52% to 56% of votes. Although similar allegations of voter fraud were made against the state in the previous election cycle, a Republican-led analysis on the 2020 race found that elections in the state are held securely and there was no evidence of fraud. The Washington Post reported. 

Nearly 90% of the votes in Arizona have been counted for this year’s race. Final results are expected Monday. Hobbs currently leads Lake, with 50.8% vote for Governor’s seat. 

Insider reached out to Lake representatives but they did not immediately respond.