After tweeting photos of signatures of voters, Kari Lake, a failed Republican candidate in Arizona could be facing felony charges. A criminal referral was sent to her by the Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.

Lake, who lost Arizona’s governorship race to Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs with more than 17,000 votes has not conceded. She claims that she was robbed of the 2022 election by widespread voter fraud.

The election lawsuit against Lake was dismissed by Judge Peter Thompson last month. In it, the ex-President Donald Trump-endorsed candidate claimed that voter machines in Maricopa County were printing ballot issues, thereby disenfranchising same-day voters. Thompson ruled that Lake’s legal team had not provided clear evidence that election workers deliberately interrupted the vote in December.

While the Arizona Court of Appeals is deciding on the suit, Lake continues to be active on Twitter, pushing her unfounded fraud claims. Lake posted last week 16 photocopies of voter ballot signatures, which she claimed were proof that almost 40,000 November ballots didn’t match the Arizona voter signatures.

Lake said, “I believe all the Election Deniers’ out there should an apology.”

Fontes, a Democrat sent Monday’s referral to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes based upon Lake’s tweet. He stated that posting unauthorized signatures of voters could be in violation state law which prohibits “records containing a vote’s signature” being “accessible or reproduced other than the voter.”

Washington Post reporter Yvonne Wingett Sanchez posted a copy Fontes’ referral on Twitter.

Refer to the referral.

Fontes pointed out that a violation of this law can lead to a class 6 felony. According to AZ Defenders, a Class 6 felony is the most severe in Arizona. Penalties can include probation, fines or a prison sentence ranging from 4 months to 5 3/4 Years.

However, a criminal referral does not necessarily mean that Lake will be investigated for any potential violation by Mayes.

Lake didn’t address the referral on her personal accounts, but Kari Lake War room tweeted Monday night: “Adrian Fontes asks Kris Mayes for an investigation & possibly imprison @KariLake in the ‘crime of… sharing signature verification evidence, which was presented before @AZSenateGOP & currently in her lawsuit.”

The account said, “Welcome To the Banana Republic of Arizona.”

Fontes was facing an election-challenging lawsuit by Mark Finchem, a former GOP opponent. Fontes lost to Finchem by more than 100,000 votes in November’s midterm.

Maricopa County Judge Melissa Julian ruled in Finchem’s December dismissal that nothing Finchem had presented “constitutes misconduct’ sufficient to survive dismissal.” ‘”