Appeals court sides with Arizona GOP, reverses $27,000 sanctions in 2020 election case

In a legal win for the Arizona Republican Party, the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision sanctioning the GOP over $27,000 after its unsuccessful efforts challenging Maricopa County election results during the 2020 election. The Arizona Republican Party originally sued Maricopa County after the 2020 election, challenging its mandatory hand-count audit process. The GOP alleged the audit process was improperly conducted due to the hand count using sample votes cast at centers open to all county voters, not from precincts, the Associated Press reported. The machine counts were...