The Maricopa County Republican Party filed a Sunday dismissal of their election challenge lawsuit against the passage of Prop. 479 (transportation tax extension). The Notice of Dismissal comes after the judge dismissed the Secretary of State from the action last week, and after Maricopa County filed a Motion to Dismiss on Saturday.

The ill-fated challenge was brought by MCRC’s attorney, Bryan Blehm, and was based on a belief that it required 60% of voters to approve it rather than a simple majority. Previous case law had established that that requirement did not apply to county votes.

The Motion to Dismiss also points out that the initial Complaint had fatal problems and that the Amended Complaint was filed after the deadline for election contests.

This article was reported by AZ Law founder Paul Weich. 

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