Claims of widespread voter fraud in Arizona have no merit, according to Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
In an interview, Hobbs told CNBC that “there is absolutely no merit to any claims of widespread voter fraud in Arizona,” as Maricopa County poll workers continue to count election ballots.
President Donald Trump has accused the Democrats of attempting to steal the election without any evidence. The Trump campaign filed lawsuits in various states related to the counting of votes. Several protesters believe the votes had been stolen from the president as they protested outside the counting center in Maricopa County on Wednesday night. The ballots were unable to be scanned and counted.
According to Hobbs, Trump's comments about voter fraud “makes our job harder.”
“There’s no evidence to back it up, and it is not something that we have experienced here,” she said on “The News with Shepard Smith.”
Hobbs noted that her state’s poll workers were employees recruited by the counties and are expected to uphold the law when it comes to the election. NBC News suggests that Arizona is still too close to call. Hobbs added that Maricopa County wants to get through counting its ballots over the weekend.
Trump claims victory
A few days ago, Trump claims victory even while ballots are still being counted and a half-dozen battleground states were not yet called.
“A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise [people who voted for me] and we won’t stand for this,” Trump told supporters in the White House before 2:30 in the morning.
Democrat Joe Biden told supporters an hour earlier that he is optimistic about winning the presidential election and called on Americans to be patient.
On the other hand, Trump claims victory: “We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything, and all of a sudden it was just called off.”
“We’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court, we want all voting to stop,” Trump stressed more than an hour following the closing of the final U.S. polls in Alaska. “We don’t want them to find any ballots at 4 o’clock in the morning and add them to the list.”
CNBC states that what Trump meant by “going to the Supreme Court” remains unclear since that the country’s highest court is hardly the first judicial authority for a case, but rather, it evaluates lower court rulings.
The Trump campaign was not able to respond to CNBC’s query.
“This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country,” Trump stated in his statement.
Even Twitter flagged President Donald Trump’s tweet that claims his rivals are trying to steal the US elections.
“We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!” Trump’s tweet reads.
Twitter placed a warning over the tweet, saying “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.” It also put a link to “learn more” about its civic integrity policy.
