An election lawsuit brought by Arizona state Sen. Sonny Borrelli that challenged Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs’ win was dismissed because, according to the judge, he waited too long to serve the defendants.
Borrelli, a Republican, filed the lawsuit earlier this week (pdf) on behalf of Mohave County voters who he said were disenfranchised by Maricopa County’s ballot-signature verification process during the Nov. 8 election.
Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen wrote on Dec. 16 that lawyers for Borrelli waited too long to serve the defendants, including Hobbs and others, according to local reports. Jantzen refused to give the state senator’s attorneys more time to serve summonses to the defendants, saying that there is no way to resolve the case in the time allotted under state law….