Posted on 07/22/2021 5:47:16 PM PDT by bitt
SharpieGate resurfaces with a historical review of archived posts from the Maricopa County Recorder. On October 26, 2020, guidance for the use of Sharpies changed, and voters were instructed to use Sharpie markers to fill out their ballots.
Voting machines and ballots were changed for the Democratic Presidential Preference Election in March 2020. The equipment and ballots were used in all ensuing elections. The equipment and ballots were changed, in part, so that voters could use Sharpies that are “fast drying.” YET, the guidance discouraging the use of Sharpies stayed in place until October 26.
SB1135 was put in place in February of 2020 to authorize new tabulating equipment and to set guidance for ballot duplication procedures.
Kelly Dixon wrote an email to staff on October 22, 2020, instructing them to have voters use “ballpoint pens instead of markers between 10/23 and 11/2. In that same email, Dixon told clerks and voters that they NEED to use Sharpies on Election Day.
Much has resurfaced about the use of Sharpies pens in Arizona’s Maricopa County November election. Research into various archived pages on the Maricopa County Recorder website shows different versions of guidance on the use of Sharpies on ballots. Also resurfacing are the changes in the paper ballots and machines that were installed in March of 2020 for the Democratic Presidential Preference Election.
A deep dive into archived links on the Maricopa County Recorder website has exposed a bigger story concerning Sharpie-Gate, especially in the context of the July 15, Arizona Senate Forensic Audit Hearing.
UncoverDC has put together a timeline to clarify and organize the available information relating to guidance on Sharpies. Official statements and emails by Maricopa County officials from October of 2018 well into 2021 concerning the paper used and recommended writing implements for marking the ballots
(Excerpt) Read more at uncoverdc.com ...
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When will AZ actually say something about their audit?
First they ignore you, then they tell you you’re crazy, then they try to destroy you.
Must use Sharpies. Must. I’m sure but if you asked somebody who is privy to this, they would slough it off by saying some thing about clearer marks or something
When I saw “sharpiegate” I assumed it was about that time Trump edited the official weather map with a sharpie, after he mistakingly included Alabama in the path of Hurricane Dorian but refused to admit he mispoke. I think he even forced the Alabama weather service to send out a new false report including them in the path
Ah the good ol’ days
They have already. For starters they counted 74,000 more mail in ballots than the county says it mailed out. Unless the county has a good explanation for that discrepancy, I would say that is enough to invalidate the whole election in Az.
Trump edited the official weather map with a sharpie, after he mistakingly included Alabama in the path of Hurricane Dorian but refused to admit he mispoke. I think he even forced the Alabama weather service to send out a new false report including them in the path
Some people had a fit because they don’t understand what the map actually says.
It will be a while. Still a lot of pillows and dietary supplements to sell and fundraising to do.
I understand they're running the ballots through different machines now in an effort to stretch this out as long as possible.
This will then slide into the 50 state audit movement to prolong the grift.
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Maricopa County Elections Assistant Director Kelly Dixon...
Maricopa County again....
I heard sometime in August.
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