Supreme Court turns away Kari Lake lawyer’s challenge to sanctions in Arizona voting machine lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a lawyer who was sanctioned while representing former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake in a 2022 lawsuit challenging Arizona’s use of electronic voting machines.

The high court did not provide any explanation for its decision, leaving intact an appeals court ruling that upheld the sanctions.

The lawsuit sought to force local election officials to use alternative methods to collect and count ballots for the 2022 midterms. It claimed that electronic systems used in Maricopa and Pima counties were unreliable and “vulnerable to attack and manipulation.”

The suit was filed that April, when Lake was running for governor and fellow Republican Mark Finchem was running for secretary of state. Both ultimately lost their elections.

A federal judge dismissed the suit in August 2022 for lack of standing. Lake’s legal team, including Andrew Parker and Kurt Olsen, were later ordered to pay $122,200 in sanctions after the judge found the claims were........

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