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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley,Alisha Rahaman Sarkar,Rachel Sharp and Gustaf Kilander

Kari Lake election – live: Lake supporters call for military intervention amid fears she may be losing

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Kari Lake falsely claims rival Katie Dobbs has never been in lead in Arizona race

Kari Lake supporters reenacted the biblical Battle of Jericho outside an election centre in Phoenix over the weekend as part of a protest in favour of the MAGA Republican and Arizona gubernatorial candidate.

The demonstrators gathered outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Centre on Saturday as Ms Lake continues to trail behind her Democratic rival Katie Hobbs.

Ms Hobbs is currently leading by 26,000 votes with 93 per cent of votes so far reported.

As ballots continue to be counted several days on from election day, Ms Lake has taken aim at the election process in her state, branding it a “laughingstock”.

“We can’t be the laughingstock of elections anymore here in Arizona. And, when I’m governor, I will not allow it. I just won’t,” she told Fox News on Sunday.

Meanwhile, an Arizona police lab confirmed that it found nothing in an envelope that Ms Lake’s campaign claimed was sent to their headquarters in early November containing a “suspicious white powder”.

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