Kari Lake Responds to Top Arizona Election Official Demanding ‘Felony’ Probe

GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has accused Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes of weaponizing the justice system after Fontes called for an investigation into Lake’s release of voter signatures.
“I am writing today to ask you to investigate and take appropriate enforcement action against Kari Lake for potential violations of Arizona law committed under her Twitter handle,” Fontes, a Democrat who was elected last November, wrote in a letter to state Attorney General Kris Mayes on Monday. Mayes, also a Democrat, was elected during the 2022 midterms.
The new secretary of state argued that Arizona law “prohibits posting any information derived from voter registration forms or precinct registers to the internet” and said that the voter or another authorized person is the only individuals who can reproduce the signatures. “A violation of this provision is a Class 6 felony,” wrote Fontest, who previously served as the Maricopa County Recorder from 2017 to 2021 and helped oversee the 2020 General Election in the county….}