Posted on 05/07/2021 2:13:57 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
The U.S. Department of Justice expressed concern about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate's unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County.
In a letter to GOP Senate President Karen Fann, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said the Senate's farming out of 2.1 million ballots from the state's most populous county to a contractor may run afoul of federal law requiring ballots to remain in the control of elections officials for 22 months.
“Past experience with similar investigative efforts around the country has raised concerns that they can be directed at minority voters, which potentially can implicate the anti-intimidation prohibitions of the Voting Rights Act,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela Karlan wrote. “Such investigative efforts can have a significant intimidating effect on qualified voters that can deter them from seeking to vote in the future.”
Karlan wants Fann to lay out how the Senate and its contractors will ensure federal laws are followed. She pointed to news reports showing lax security at the former basketball arena where the ballots are being recounted by hand.
Fann said Senate attorneys were working on a response she promised to share when it was completed.
The Justice Department letter came six days after voting rights groups asked federal officials to intervene or send monitors to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix at the state fairgrounds, where the ballots are being recounted.
Trump and his backers have alleged without evidence that he lost Arizona and other battleground states because of fraud. Fann said she wants to prove one way or the other whether GOP claims of problems with the vote are valid and use the results of the audit to craft updated election laws.
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They had canvassing evidence there were illegal votes counted which is why the legislature voted for the audit.
Where was their concern when individuals were counting hanging door, swinging door, pregnant, and dimpled chads for Al Gore in 2000?
The Department of Sustain the Steal has spoken.
They’re worried because of the fraud that will be exposed.
Evidence to the Left would not include a host of holy angels appearing with a document signed and attested to by the Lord that expressly detailed every single irregularity.
Though admittedly, that’s actually true of a large swath of humanity who to this day still reject the Son.
Asspress is worried too. I had told my wife they would use “Justice Department” instead of “Biden Administration.” These criminals are very predictable.
It was weaponized long before Junta Joe.
Trump was attacked his entire four years in office !
Abuse reported !
The FBI seized ballots in Georgia, no?
No they aren’t, because they are afraid we’re closing all their loop-holes, back-doors, escape clauses, and whatever used to slip in the illegal votes. We already know nothing will ever happen to those who stole this election.
At least in this life!
In other words, they are afraid they are going to jail.
It’s the opposite actually. Dems have no fear and assault their opponents at their leisure. They know they can operate with a free hand in their attacks on Trump and those who support him.
I, too, am “worried about Arizona Senate recount!”
I am worried that somehow, someway the feds will conspire with the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist/Communist Democrats and stop the Arizona Senate recount before it is complete!
Why are leftist females all butt ugly and look like lesbians?
I haven’t read one article in the news media that has stated the reason for holding ballots for 22 months. It would make sense to have the ballots for that period of time for recounts and audits. Otherwise, you might as well immediately throw them away after they have been once counted.
Easy fix - U.S. Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount audit will reveal ironclad evidence election was stolen.
Biden’s DOJ, he and you stole the election. We are now Biden’s Banana Republic! Well done Traitors!
Prove to us peasants that you did not steal the election. Do not interfere with the audit.
Why are leftist females all butt ugly and look like lesbians?
That was a rhetorical question, right?
Yeah. It is because they are. A real question would be, does being butt ugly and looking like a lesbian cause females to be leftists? Chicken or egg thing.
Ask your self is she straight or gay? If the latter, well, Iran has a fix involving falling off buildings
The folks on Bannon pointed this out .... Sessions first (did not have the mental capacity for that job - might have been ok in another position) and good ‘ol Bill Barr. Barr was called some “choice” names, including ‘traitor’.
They also pointed out that the DemonRats don’t pussyfoot around - they get in and BAMM, right after Rudy and any others associated with Trump can likely expect early morning knocks on the door as well.
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