Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah said he would issue a ruling as soon as possible after closing arguments in the two-day bench trial.

Lake was not in attendance after appearing Thursday.

Maricopa County election officials argue state law mandates the signatures on the envelopes remain confidential.

Lake's lawyer counters she has a right to look into how the county runs its election operations and that people's signatures are public in other places, such as property deeds.

This is Lake's third trial related to her election loss. Lake previously lost two trials that challenged her competitor Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' win by more than 17,000 votes. In the second trial, a judge rejected a misconduct claim Lake made about ballot signature verification efforts in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and where more than 60% of the state's voters live.