The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Arizona (RPAZ) filed two lawsuits against Maricopa County, Arizona, on Tuesday after weeks of contesting its policies of favoring Democrat poll workers over Republicans ahead of the 2022 mid-term elections.
In September, the RNC issued a letter to Maricopa County demanding answers as to why it appointed fewer Republican poll workers in violation of Arizona law, which requires election officials to hire an “equal number” poll workers from both parties. Only 712 Republican poll workers were hired as opposed to the 857 Democrats. As Breitbart News reported at the time:
