Lawsuit Seeks Remedy for Rejection of ‘Sharpie’ Voters’ Ballots in Arizona

A Maricopa County Elections Department staff member counts ballots in Phoenix, on Oct. 31, 2020. Early voting lasted from Oct. 7 through Oct. 30 in Arizona, which had a record number of early voters. Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images

Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF)-backed attorneys are headed to court after filing a suit representing an unknown number of Arizona voters whose ballots were rejected after being filled out with Sharpie markers that election officials told them to use.

The suit was prompted by events like those described in a statement to the Superior Court of Arizona for Maricopa County that was obtained Nov. 5 by The Epoch Times.