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U.S. Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount
apnews ^ | May 6, 2021 | BOB CHRISTIE

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: arizona; recount
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To: MarvinStinson

They had canvassing evidence there were illegal votes counted which is why the legislature voted for the audit.


21 posted on 05/07/2021 2:37:49 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: MarvinStinson

Where was their concern when individuals were counting hanging door, swinging door, pregnant, and dimpled chads for Al Gore in 2000?


22 posted on 05/07/2021 2:39:15 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: MarvinStinson

The Department of Sustain the Steal has spoken.


23 posted on 05/07/2021 2:39:19 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: MarvinStinson

They’re worried because of the fraud that will be exposed.


24 posted on 05/07/2021 2:39:29 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: doorgunner69

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.


25 posted on 05/07/2021 2:43:50 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: MarvinStinson

Asspress is worried too. I had told my wife they would use “Justice Department” instead of “Biden Administration.” These criminals are very predictable.


26 posted on 05/07/2021 2:45:38 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Qiviut

It was weaponized long before Junta Joe.

Trump was attacked his entire four years in office !


27 posted on 05/07/2021 2:48:32 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: lodi90

Abuse reported !


28 posted on 05/07/2021 2:49:02 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: silent majority rising

The FBI seized ballots in Georgia, no?


29 posted on 05/07/2021 2:53:23 PM PDT by myerson
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To: Fai Mao

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!


30 posted on 05/07/2021 2:54:07 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Trump Voter (Still a Deplorable, Clinger, Christian Infidel, American & vast right-wing conspirator))
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To: Fai Mao

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.


31 posted on 05/07/2021 3:01:15 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: MarvinStinson

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!


32 posted on 05/07/2021 3:06:45 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: MarvinStinson
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela Karlan:

Why are leftist females all butt ugly and look like lesbians?

33 posted on 05/07/2021 3:07:07 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MarvinStinson

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.


34 posted on 05/07/2021 3:11:53 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MarvinStinson
U.S. Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount

Easy fix - U.S. Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount audit will reveal ironclad evidence election was stolen.

35 posted on 05/07/2021 3:13:35 PM PDT by Mr.FixIt (Ethanol: Growing in four months what the U.S.A. burns in one day)
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To: MarvinStinson

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.


36 posted on 05/07/2021 3:15:21 PM PDT by Chgogal (Hey Biden, I am a loyal supporter of the Biden's Banana Republic!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Why are leftist females all butt ugly and look like lesbians?


That was a rhetorical question, right?


37 posted on 05/07/2021 3:18:56 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: nesnah

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.


38 posted on 05/07/2021 3:22:57 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Ask your self is she straight or gay? If the latter, well, Iran has a fix involving falling off buildings


39 posted on 05/07/2021 3:31:54 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

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.


40 posted on 05/07/2021 3:35:35 PM PDT by Qiviut (2020 Election steal result: We are beginning our "40 years of wandering in the Wilderness".)
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