Arizona attorney general’s office demands answers to ‘myriad’ voting issues in Maricopa County

Arizona’s attorney general's office is demanding answers to "myriad problems" faced by Maricopa County voters on Election Day, breathing new life into the campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has refused to concede to Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs. 

Assistant Atty. Gen. Jennifer Wright sent a letter Saturday to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office demanding explanations for the election issues before the results can be certified next week.

"The Elections Integrity Unit of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has received hundreds of complaints since Election Day pertaining to issues related to the administration of the 2022 General Election in Maricopa County," Wright wrote. "These complaints go beyond pure speculation, but include first-hand witness accounts that raise concerns regarding Maricopa’s lawful compliance with Arizona election law."

"Arizonans deserve a full report and accounting of the myriad problems that occurred in relation to Maricopa County’s administration of the 2022 General Election," she continued. "As the canvass is looming, and these issues relate to Maricopa County’s ability to lawfully certify election results – the Unit requests a response to the aforementioned issues on or before Maricopa County submits its official canvass to the Secretary of State, which must occur on or before November 28, 2022."

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According to Maricopa County election officials, at least 60 voting locations experienced issues with their ballot-on-demand printers. The assistant attorney general is demanding an in-depth report addressing those issues, as well as the "check-out" procedures at each polling location and each location’s Official Ballot Report.

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Thomas Liddy, the civil division chief at the Maricopa County's Attorney's Office, told Fox News Digital that his office will start gathering the materials necessary to respond to Wright’s letter.

"I saw a copy of the letter Saturday evening," Liddy said. "I will convene with my clients and begin the process of gathering the materials necessary to respond. As you are undoubtedly aware, Ms. Wright is still working on the AG’s Final Report of the 2020 election. I am looking forward to receiving that as well."

Lake, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has claimed her voters were unfairly disenfranchised on Election Day.

"Rest assured I have assembled the best and brightest legal team, and we are exploring every avenue to correct the many wrongs that have been done this past week," Lake said in a video Thursday. "I’m doing everything in my power to right these wrongs."

"What happened to Arizonans on Election Day is unforgivable," she said.

Lake told The Daily Mail on Saturday that she still believes she will become governor of Arizona.

Wright’s letter Saturday came the same day The New York Times reported that it couldn’t find a clear instance highlighted by Lake that showed a voter was denied the chance to cast a ballot.

Lake has been posting videos of Maricopa County voters complaining about their Election Day experiences. The Times said it reviewed 45 of the claims and could not find a clear allegation of disenfranchisement.

The Hobbs and Lake campaigns did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment Sunday.

Biden says 'no motive' clear in Colorado nightclub shooting, calls for assault weapons ban

President Biden condemned gun violence and attacks on the LGBTQ community following Saturday's mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado on Sunday.

The president acknowledged that "no motive" had yet been determined in the shooting, but nevertheless connected the attack to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida six years ago. Police say 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich killed at least five people and injured 18 more in his assault on the nightclub.

"While no motive in this attack is yet clear, we know that the LGBTQI+ community has been subjected to horrific hate violence in recent years," Biden wrote. "Gun violence continues to have a devastating and particular impact on LGBTQI+ communities across our nation and threats of violence are increasing. We saw it six years ago in Orlando, when our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQI+ community in American history."

"We must address the public health epidemic of gun violence in all of its forms. Earlier this year, I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly three decades, in addition to taking other historic actions. But we must do more. We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off America’s streets," he added.

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Biden's statement came just after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also addressed the attack, calling it a "senseless slaughter of five beautiful souls."

"The attack on Club Q, which fell on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, is despicable — further shattering the sense of safety of LGBTQ Americans across the country," she wrote in a statement. "While Democrats have taken important steps to combat gun violence this Congress, this deadly attack is a challenge to our conscience and a reminder that we must keep fighting to do more."

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Authorities say no motive has been determined for Saturday's shooting so far, and they are still investigating whether it was a hate crime. Aldrich is currently in custody and receiving treatment for injuries at a local hospital in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez says at least two "heroic" patrons were able to subdue Aldrich just before police arrived.

Police say they received the first call regarding the attack at 11:56 p.m. on Saturday, and the first officer was dispatched to the scene at 11:57. The officer arrived to the scene at 12:02 a.m. and took the already-subdued suspect into custody before calling for more support.

The investigation is in its early stages, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is on the scene to assist. Many have concluded the shooting was motivated by anti-LGBTQ bias, including the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

"You can draw a straight line from the false and vile rhetoric about LGBTQ people spread by extremists and amplified across social media, to the nearly 300 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced this year, to the dozens of attacks on our community like this one," GLAAD’s president and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis, said in a statement to the Denver Post.

Club Q described the incident as a "hate attack" in a statement, bud did not respond to a request for clarification from Fox News Digital.