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To: Grandpa Drudge
...American Oversight detailing how the recount and audit are being conducted are public and must be turned over.Republicans who control the Senate argued that because the records are maintained by its contractors, they were not subject to public records law and that legislative immunity applies...

I don't know who is aligned with which 'side' but I agree with the decision. These are public findings and belong to the people who paid for them. Of course the entire process and results will be publicly debated and critiqued by many.

7 posted on 08/21/2021 2:19:30 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

I agree, full transparency is necessary


9 posted on 08/21/2021 2:22:18 PM PDT by Tolk2112
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To: monkeyshine
I agree with the decision. These are public findings and belong to the people who paid for them.

On the surface of the issue, I would agree. There may be a distinction between public records and work product in progress. The R Senate should be sure to make whatever was in the document package considered by the court available to all friendly forces.

The good news:
"Kory Langhofer, the Senate's lawyer, said they planned to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court."
This move may buy some valuable time for collecting evidence.

12 posted on 08/21/2021 2:33:14 PM PDT by frog in a pot (Biden didn't win the election but he and his anti-MAGA crew did win the WH - shame on the U.S.)
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To: monkeyshine

The AZ Senate committee has funded a total of $150k. The rest of the money has come from private donors.

Much of what’s being requested is work product or “trade secrets” of Cyber Ninjas.

Also it’s an ongoing investigation.


28 posted on 08/21/2021 3:18:15 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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To: monkeyshine
These are public findings and belong to the people who paid for them.

Did the public pay for them, or were they paid via donations? I do believe they were paid a scant 150,000 of public money, and the bulk (millions) came from donations.

But this is why we continue to lose, because we demand of our side one thing. Granted we demand the same from the other side, but are always successfully thwarted via the court systems. Giving in does not provide us with more clout when we request the same from them next time they obstruct sunshine.

44 posted on 08/21/2021 4:19:33 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: monkeyshine
Our elections are also "public findings", but we aren't getting much transparency there, are we?
53 posted on 08/21/2021 6:07:23 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Here lies the USA, born in 1776, died in 2009.)
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