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Republican election audit fever 'unsustainable' for U.S. democracy, experts warn
NBC 'News' via MSN ^ | 6/04/21 | Allan Smith

Posted on 06/05/2021 6:13:43 PM PDT by Libloather

Republican-led efforts to re-examine last fall's vote are spreading as experts and election officials warn that the proliferation amounts to a grave threat to U.S. democracy.

At the center of the push is Arizona, where the private company hired by the Republican-controlled state Senate continues its review of more than 2 million Maricopa County ballots, despite prior audits finding no evidence of fraud. With former President Donald Trump and others on the right following that count closely — despite it having no legal ability to overturn the result — GOP officials and voters have pushed for similar probes in at least five other states.

In Georgia, a judge last month awarded a group of plaintiffs, led by a known conspiracy theorist, a limited review of mail-in ballots in Fulton County. (That effort is still being litigated.) In Wisconsin, the Republican state House speaker recently hired a team of retired police officers and an attorney to probe the 2020 election.

In Michigan, state elections officials have warned local clerks in two counties that county commissioners have no authority to require further auditing or third-party reviews of election records and equipment. In New Hampshire, the audit of a single statehouse race - which officials said found no evidence of fraud or malfeasance - was seized upon by the former president and his supporters, who've pushed for its expansion. And in Pennsylvania, a trio of GOP state lawmakers visited the site of the Arizona ballot review and called for a similar probe in the Keystone State.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: allansmith; audit; az; democracy; demsnervous; election; electionaudit; electionfraud; experts; ga; maricopacounty; msdnc; mslsd; nbcia; nh; obama; pa; theciaisnervous; wi
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To: Libloather

These same people said Trump was a Russian asset and had the fbi/doj/cia/hsa( and others)doing non-stop investigations. All the while leaking lies that implicated Trump as an enemy of America. And now that we want a look, it’s suddenly a threat to democracy? Does not compute.


41 posted on 06/05/2021 6:58:00 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Libloather
". . . the proliferation amounts to a grave threat to U.S. democracyL DEMOCRATS!
42 posted on 06/05/2021 7:00:49 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: Libloather

Oh OK the “experts” said it’s so and the objective media report what the “experts” say. Good enough for me. Seems legit.


43 posted on 06/05/2021 7:02:48 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Oh and also the “experts” are “warning” us - just need some scary suspense music to go with. Lol


44 posted on 06/05/2021 7:05:11 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Libloather

Where were these experts when the left hyperventilated for six years over Scott Walker in Wisconsin, and for five years with Trump? They have been far less restrained, and never seem to be exhausted.


45 posted on 06/05/2021 7:09:22 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Where do comic book heroes and villains get their doctorates?)
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To: Libloather

F them. Illegal Elections are what is actually unsustainable.


46 posted on 06/05/2021 7:10:13 PM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: Olog-hai

Sending in my paperwork for an audit in Michigan. Have joined the GOP to do housecleaning. We have cowbell happening, and more people are joining our movement.

Today there was a review of Michigan’s Antrim County election results as a pay per view event to help with costs. www.electionintegrityforce.com hosted the event that had Mike Lindell, Pat Colbeck and Dr. Douglas Frank if you want to see if it can be downloaded still.


47 posted on 06/05/2021 7:11:00 PM PDT by Uber-Eng (Northern Texan at heart...Help me save Michigan!!!)
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To: Libloather
Republican election audit fever 'unsustainable' for U.S. democracy, experts warn

Election fraud by definition is the end of a democratic republic.

48 posted on 06/05/2021 7:11:24 PM PDT by cpdiii (Texan Coonass Cane Cutter Deckhand Roughneck Geologist Pilot Phamacist & much more education)
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To: Libloather

Yeah whatever, we’re gunna do it anyway.


49 posted on 06/05/2021 7:16:40 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: Mark17

No, no.

Stealing elections, graft and lying are very good for democracy.

We need to get them to explain how.


50 posted on 06/05/2021 7:20:24 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: Libloather

The most pervasive voter fraud in history shouldn’t be investigated for the good of democracy?


51 posted on 06/05/2021 7:21:49 PM PDT by Spok (There are many more things that frighten us than can cause us harm.)
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To: Libloather

Note that Allan Smith of NBCIA is busily filling our Election Fraud Bingo card...


52 posted on 06/05/2021 7:26:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Libloather

Translation: “Dammit, this Arizona audit is not only gonna prove fraud there, but will cause all the other states to begin auditing. We can’t survive this!”


53 posted on 06/05/2021 7:33:08 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: Libloather

Articles like this are a good sign. They’re getting desperate.


54 posted on 06/05/2021 7:35:38 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (CENSORSHIP = VIOLENCE)
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Election fraud is what will and has torn this democracy apart...


55 posted on 06/05/2021 7:36:52 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Libloather
"Republican election audit fever 'unsustainable' for U.S. democracy, experts warn"


Thankfully, U.S.A. is (or, at least was) a Constitutional Republic.
56 posted on 06/05/2021 7:39:51 PM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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To: Libloather
a known conspiracy theorist

LOL!

57 posted on 06/05/2021 7:44:26 PM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: TnTnTn
"Election fraud is what will and has torn this democracy apart..."


Thankfully, we have never BEEN a "democracy".
58 posted on 06/05/2021 7:45:07 PM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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To: Libloather

Pay no attemtion to the man behind the curtain.


59 posted on 06/05/2021 7:46:32 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Demand for racism is outpacing supply.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

oh, yes they are...small print at bottom of article when I went to read the comments...LOL

“Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting.”


60 posted on 06/05/2021 7:48:24 PM PDT by huldah1776
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