An Arizona-Style Forensic Audit of 2020 Election Initiated in Pennsylvania

It looks like the first steps are being taken to start a forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. This week, Pennsylvania state Rep. Doug Mastriano requested “information and materials” from multiple counties for a “forensic investigation” just like the recently completed audit in Maricopa County, Arizona. Mastriano is the chairman of the Intergovernmental Operations Committee.

President Trump has been calling for a forensic audit in Pennsylvania. He and his campaign have long alleged irregularities and fraud in battleground states where election laws were violated. However, the media has loudly dismissed these allegations, and those who believe fraud occurred are censored on social media despite the evidence. For example, massive election integrity issues in Atlanta were witnessed and documented by a contractor hired by the Georgia secretary of state, including “the double-counting of votes, insecure storage of ballots, possible violations of voter privacy, the mysterious removal of election materials at a vote collection warehouse, and the suspicious movement of ‘too many’ ballots on Election Day.” Other irregularities have been uncovered in Maricopa County.

Mastriano sent letters to Philadelphia County, York County, and Tioga County, but he told One America News Network on Wednesday that there could be more if “sufficient evidence” of “shenanigans and corruption or fraud” is found.

“A forensic investigation of our election results and processes for the 2020 General Election and the 2021 Primary will go a long way to restore trust in our system,” Mastriano wrote in an op-ed posted to his website.

“Requesting information and materials” is a long way from doing an Arizaona-type audit.

We should have SOMETHING from Arizona by now. The only thing this has been generating consistantly is fundraising.

“We should have SOMETHING from Arizona by now. The only thing this has been generating consistantly is fundraising.”

I think it will accompany the Durham report.

This is wasted effort. Nothing will change from doing these “audits”. The best plan is to primary RINOs and elect better candidates. The effort is better spent taking the House and Senate. But, if the GOP gets both chambers, and keeps the likes of McConnell and McCarthy in charge... that is nearly wasted effort.

Mastriano is one of the good guys. He has a military background and would make a fantastic governor. Immediately after the Steal, he did everything he could to get the cheat-by-mail-in ballots investigated before electors were seated. But he was stopped by the Dems and RINOs joining forces in the state legislature. Just like AZ, no special session was called.

In 2022, the mission should not be to try to unseat Democrats. That would be a good thing, but first and foremost, we should put all of our efforts to voting out every RINO who must face a primary in 2022 and replacing them with America First patriots. We had the numbers of people with an (R) after their name in the state legislatures to conduct a proper audit. But too many of these people turned out to be RINO traitors.

The key focus should be on purging the enemy within.

With friends like RINOs, who needs Democrats?

PA is not AZ.

The Philly mobsters had to be behind the Steal, that’s who the Rat party is there.

Don’t know how many people end up face down in a ditch over this but you can bet that the cover up will get violent fast with State investigators out asking questions about audited ballots turning up crooked.

This is wasted effort. Nothing will change from doing these “audits”

Agreed. The media isn't going to give any discrepancies any wide, meaningful coverage. Even IF the audits result in tighter election laws, we are seeing that the Heels Up administration will sue to block these stricter laws, and with friendly courts, they will get their way.

The best plan is to primary RINOs and elect better candidates.

This has been the "plan" for the better part of the nearly 40 years I've been involved in politics. Unfortunately, it just does not work. Every Republican politician I have voted for said a lot of big things in the runup, but once they get elected, the establishment lets them know how it is going to work, and it ISN'T in our favor. At this point, only fools vote GOP.

RE: Tell us when we will get to see the results?

So, your reasoning is — because the results of the audit aren’t being shown NOW, it isn’t really an audit?

What if they are being extra careful and there are additional steps to be made before the results are released and such steps take time?

But, if the GOP gets both chambers, and keeps the likes of McConnell and McCarthy in charge... that is nearly wasted effort.

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The problem is when a party stands for nothing getting control over both chambers is meaningless. The GOP is a party devoid of any principles, convictions or beliefs. It is, in short, a fake party.

Anther problem is, as you noted, our failure to elect people and hold them accountable for honest efforts and/or results. We continually elect people on the basis of rhetoric instead of accomplishments. And that’s on us.

I am not sanguine about so-called “GOP control” of congress. Our political class is a bunch of charlatans.

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