Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake lost in court again this week, but the judge's message this time was a brutal takedown.
Arizona elections reporter Jen Fifield explained on her "AZ Law" site that Lake sought to get ballot envelopes from the Maricopa County elections office as part of her ongoing lawsuit claiming the 2020 election was fraudulent. Lake believes that the envelopes have records containing a voter's signature" and they could be used to verify mail-in ballots.
The 12-page ruling says, among other things, that Lake's ongoing lawsuits are like the greed in the fable "The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg."
"Ms. Lake regards the electoral process much like the villagers in the famous fable regarding the goose that laid the golden egg, except that her goose failed to lay the egg she expected," the decision says.
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"She insists that something must have gone wrong. If only she could cut open the electoral process and examine each of its 1.3 million pieces, she says, she would be able to figure out what happened and show that the prize has been there waiting for her all along.
"And even if she doesn’t find what she’s looking for, she suggests, the act of disassembly will strengthen everyone’s confidence that the machinery produces reliable outcomes. We will know it lays the right eggs."
At its core, democratic self-governance demands that the votes be counted whether or not it is the "egg" desired, she said.
"But it is about much more than that," the judge continued.
"At the hearing, one of the citizen witnesses who got a visit from the election skeptics took a crack at expressing what it means to her. She shared that her father, a Second World War veteran, had 'always instilled in my sister and I the importance … the value of living in this country, of living in a democracy, of having the opportunity and the responsibility to vote, to believe that our vote counted.' 'I have always believed voting is a highly symbolic and reverent act, that it involves thoughtfulness and, in fact, privacy, I don’t share information about who I vote for.1 … I keep it an important part of my life.'"
