The motion is the latest development in a lawsuit filed Saturday by Donald Trump's campaign, along with the Republican National Committee and the Arizona Republican Party. At that point, it was already clear the request wouldn’t affect many, if any, Arizona races. There were only about 950 Maricopa County ballots cast in person on Election Day with overvotes affecting partisan races in general. County election officials must perform hand count audits using a random sampling of ballots to ensure the accuracy of electronic counts. For this year’s general election, Maricopa County instead used centers open to any voter in the county.
