PHOENIX — Kari Lake supporters are mounting a new effort to void her loss in the 2022 governor's race, less than a month after one supporter's attempt was rebuffed by the Arizona Supreme Court.

And the essential elements of the new claim, this one to Maricopa County Superior Court, remain the same as those the state's high court refused to consider.

The supporters' attorney, Ryan Heath, contends now, as he did then, that it was illegal for Maricopa County to verify signatures on early ballots by comparing them with images from prior early ballots. He argues Arizona law says the only valid comparison has to be with the person's original voter registration.

What he has now that he did not last month is a ruling by Yavapai County Superior Court John Napper in a similar case seemingly agreeing with the argument.