Arizona state law requires that challenges to existing election procedures must be brought before the election. From the appellate decision: "at best, Lake’s

Arizona state law requires that challenges to existing election procedures must be brought before the election. From the appellate decision: "at best, Lake’s signature-verification claim attacked Maricopa County’s process for verifying signatures that first-level reviewers questioned—a challenge to the County’s election procedures, not a claim that the overall procedures were violated. Accordingly, the superior court correctly concluded that Lake’s contest attacked the manner of holding an election"