Problems in Maricopa County Election Linked to Changes in Ballot Paper

Problems in Maricopa County Election Linked to Changes in Ballot Paper
Arizona Democrat gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs, left, and Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. Getty Images
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Problems with ballot printers that caused lines to back up at some Phoenix-area polling places last year were due to changes to the paper, a retired Arizona Supreme Court justice concluded in a report released Monday. However, GOP candidate Kari Lake dismissed that report.

County officials used longer ballots on thicker paper than had been used previously and pushed the printers to the edge of their capabilities, former Justice Ruth McGregor wrote. She said that pre-election testing may not have caught the problem because the test didn’t properly mimic the stresses that printers experience on Election Day.

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