WASHINGTON – Following the news that the RNC is joining with the Masters and Lake Campaigns, NRSC, and RPAZ in filing an emergency motion to extend poll hours in Maricopa County and correct poll worker errors, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement.  
   
“The RNC is joining a Republican coalition to file an emergency motion to extend poll hours in Maricopa County because voting machines in over 25% of voting locations have experienced significant issues. The widespread issues – in an election administered by Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs – are completely unacceptable, especially as Republicans flock to the polls to vote in-person on Election Day. We have dozens of attorneys and thousands of volunteers on the ground working to solve this issue and ensure that Arizona voters have the chance to make their voices heard.”   
   
Background:  

1. Maricopa County officials report that ballot tabulators are not functioning at about 25 percent of polling places.
2. Long lines have been observed  at polling places in Maricopa County. Additionally, individuals leaving impacted voting locations to vote elsewhere are not being checked out of the poll book, which makes voting at the other location problematic.  
3. This is not the first time the RNC has had to legally intervene in Maricopa County due to election mismanagement. In early October, we sued the county for refusing to transparently share their partisan poll worker breakdown and failing to hire a sufficient number of Republican election workers. 
4. Our lawsuits resulted in the county sharing key data and hiring additional Republican election workers.

Read the full complaint here.