A Democratic lawsuit challenging the procedures of a sketchy audit of Arizona’s 2020 election may have been settled this week. But that hasn’t resolved all the disputes engulfing the recount of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million ballots, as the auditors head into the final week that they have reserved at the current counting site.
Five bucks says they abandon audit* on May 14th and blame the (deep) state for not giving them a free venue any more. They’ll also skip out on the thousand dollars a day they owe for stadium utilities.
*It’s not a fucking audit, please stop calling it that.
The county board of supervisors chairman Jack Sellers issued a statement Friday afternoon expressing his anger about “the allegations of corruption being thrown around — sometimes by elected officials who should know better — denigrating the good names of public servants who devoted the last two years of their lives to running quality elections in 2020.”
I sure hope that it’s not “the last two years of their lives.” But, with all of the crazy shit going on in Arizona, who knows?
Based on what we know and the best legal advice, is there any serious chance that this could overturn any electoral result in AZ, be it presidential, senate, house, state or local, if not primarily, then by calling the validity of the results into question because they’ve spoiled so many ballots? Or is this basically a mix of a vanity project to please Herr Trump and adding fuel to the “Stabbed in the back” myth they’re going to try to use to stage a comeback?
But the county, which is controlled mostly by Republicans, insists that it doesn’t even have the passwords that the auditors are seeking
That’s proof of a conspiracy right there! That and the FACT that the ballots marked in blue have grape-flavored Flavor Aid-tasting ink. (People always forget how sly the Guyanese are.
Fun Fact: The Indo-Guyanese are of South Asian descent. This is the direct link to the South Asia connection Brakey was talking about. Also, bamboo grows there!
“Bennett accused one of her (SOS) office’s observers of engaging in “subterfuge” by allegedly posing as a media reporter to gain access to an area he did not have the authority to enter.”
Wait, someone from the Secretary of State’s Office didn’t have authority to enter an area that a member of the media did ?
Seriously ?
That’s more fucked up than looking for bamboo shoots & UV watermarks.
This scam of theirs, out in full public view, is desensitizing many to future electoral scamming. It is beyond time for the DOJ to get directly involved.
Unbelievable; I’m trying to recall the last time a Presidential election was so hotly contested. Worse still, the accusations of a “stolen election” are baseless. It’s the Previous Occupant being a sore loser.
Despicable. By any objective standard, the US is now so far down the rabbit hole that we need UN observers in robust numbers to ensure free and fair elections and implementation of the accurately determined results. The GOP is inhumane, antidemocratic, increasingly lawless, and on a path to outright terrorist status.
Non-binding shitshow going on. Just like the other commenter says it’s to fuck up all future elections.
Every one is crooked. No matter that the down vote races were in their favor. These guys thought that they had the game fixed. But somewhere they miscalculated.