Posted on 12/21/2020 5:38:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
PHOENIX — Maricopa County supervisors voted Friday to not comply with subpoenas for election materials issued by the chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
The subpoenas demanded access to copies of the more than 2 million ballots cast by Maricopa County voters in the Nov. 3 election, and for access to the equipment used to tabulate those ballots and the software that ran the equipment.
The 4-1 vote to refuse, following a nearly three-hour executive session with attorneys, came amid concerns that at least some of what is being demanded by Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, would expose private information on voters.
There also were questions about whether the county has the legal right to give that information to outsiders.
Instead, the board members in the majority on the vote — three Republicans and one Democrat — directed their attorneys to file suit and have a judge determine whether the subpoenas are legally valid.
The legal papers, filed late Friday, said the subpoenas are not authorized by any law.
Legislative panels can subpoena people to testify, but these seek actual materials, said attorney Steve Tully, hired by the county, who is himself a former lawmaker.
More significant, Tully said the subpoenas “serve no valid legislative purpose.”
“There is no legislative authority to audit election results,” he said. Nor is there authority to examine ballots or conduct forensic audits of election equipment, he said.
That paves the way for what could be a legal showdown over the rights of state lawmakers to make such demands, and the rights of county supervisors, who have the information they want, to refuse.
Board Chairman Clint Hickman also suggested that Farnsworth and lawmakers are not really interested in hearing how the election was conducted.
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Nothing says “hiding something” like a counter-suit.
JoMa
stretching out the time as far as possible - dirty dogs!!
“would expose private information on voters.”
I call BS.
They’re in a wee bit of a snit, aren’t they?
There shouldn’t be ANY PRIVATE INFO in those voting machines.
And the only “private info” in the election books is the public info of who voted and their PUBLIC REGISTRATION.
It’s a BS lawsuit of a BS defense!
I’d send in US Marshals in full battle dress and confiscate voting machines and other relevant materials. On the way out, smack down the sniveling little bureaucrats who get in the way.
Would private information include eligibility to vote.
I’m betting this is more to cover their own butts so they don’t have to show their homework which would prove fraud happened.
Fraud they are complicit in.
Discovery? Dominion also suing?
I doubt it...just a delay tactic.
Big effort on Democraps part to prevent fraud exposure.
Are AZ house/Senate both R to take this resistance in account and put in Trump electors on or before Jan 6?
Of the 5 battleground states is this the most likely to turn to Trump before Jan 6.
RE: I’d send in US Marshals in full battle dress and confiscate voting machines
OK, who in Arizona has the authority to do that?
RE: There shouldn’t be ANY PRIVATE INFO in those voting machines.
Here’s a response to that:
https://thedonald.win/p/11R4zPumW2/arizona-senatorelect-kelly-towns/c/
Arizona Senator-Elect Kelly Townsend: “Maricopa County BOS refuse to turn over Dominion equipment b/c it might compromise voter info. We have ‘Legislative privilege’ where we can see VERY sensitive HIPAA info of foster children. I think we can handle an address and signature of a voter.”
John McCain sycophants.
Three Republicans. Seriously, WTF? How much money are they getting?
Unless we show up and burn the place down, they won't take us seriously.
“stretching out the time as far as possible”
Same as in Georgia. Ratburger and Sterling are in the big stall, with an assist from the Fulton county judge who put the election lawsuit on non priority timeframe and the GA Supreme court agreed.
(this is the lawsuit with 160K ineligible voters including 66K underage).
What about President Trump's lawsuit to quash the subpoenas for his tax returns?
It’s true..... I watch Steve Bannon’s War Room every day.... and every day he’s interviewing John Fredericks in Georgia, and they just keep saying the same thing every day....”Loeffler and Perdue need to step up”...”Kemp has to hold a special session”.... I love these guys but it’s frustrating to watch, because nothing is changing.... And what I realized is that what they need to be saying to the audience is “look, if you want Kemp and Raffensberger to do anything, you’re gonna have to surround their houses and camp out there.... But it wouldn’t look good for them to say that on their show.... So it’s really up to the people to do it on their own... No politician or pundit with an audience is gonna encourage us to do what ultimately needs to be done
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