Objection!: How the Arizona Rules of Evidence Affect the Arizona Election Litigation
By Joel Truett.The CaseIn the wake of this year’s presidential election, President Trump promised to take legal action to challenge the counting of the vote in several states. Cases have been brought across the country, with supporters of the President continuing to argue that failures in vote counting or voter fraud were responsible for Joe Biden’s lead. Here in Arizona, the Trump campaign brought a case in Maricopa County alleging that they had evidence of “overvotes” being handled improperly on election day. They argued that this was evidence of systematic errors in counting the vote that affected the election results. While this case was later withdrawn by the campaign, the hearing held on November 12 served as an interesting look at how the rules of evidence can influence election cases.…