Posted on 07/18/2021 8:52:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
As the contentious audit of Maricopa County, Arizona's 2020 election results draws nearer to a close, audit officials still lack access to computer equipment that auditors believe is critical to ensure a full review of the county's records.
Maricopa County officials in May refused to hand over routers requested by election auditors at the time, claiming that to do so would pose a security risk due to the county's intermingling of various departments on multiple routers.
The routers "support [more than 50] departments, not just elections operations," including "critical law enforcement data that, by law, cannot be disclosed, as well as Maricopa County residents' protected health information and full social security numbers," a county official claimed in May.
At the time the issue seemed to be heading toward a standoff, with the county citing a security privilege and the auditors pointing to a judge's ruling directing the county to comply with the state Senate's subpoena.
Yet several months later, as the bulk of the audit work is winding down, the routers remain wholly absent from the evidence file. During a state Senate hearing this week, lead auditor Ben Cotton stated that it was "critically important" for investigators to obtain access to the routers to fully complete the audit.
Whether or not the routers will eventually land in the hands of auditors is unclear. The February ruling of Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Thomason ruled that county officials were not permitted to "avoid a subpoena based on statutes that require that the material being subpoenaed be kept confidential." Maricopa officials cited confidentiality rules in May when refusing to hand over the material.
State Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office told Just the News this week that, under Arizona statute, the enforcement of that subpoena falls to the state Legislature rather than the AG's office.
County spokesman Fields Moseley, meanwhile, told Just the News that the Maricopa Board of Supervisors' position "has not changed" since its first refusal to hand over the routers in May.
Asked about rumors that the county commissioned an independent audit of the routers which showed they weren't used in the 2020 election, Moseley said: "That is not correct."
"The County commissioned two separate audits of the tabulation equipment to address misinformation and other concerns about the Dominion machines," he said.
"There was a discussion between attorney's [sic] at some point," he added, "about providing an image of the routers instead of the physical hardware — which would have crippled the county network — but once they realized the risk of exposing the network traffic, the discussion from our side ended."
During the state Senate hearing this week, Cotton said that auditors examining the routers would "not see 'people-sensitive data' on the information" they were reviewing.
Asked by state Senate President Karen Fann why the county would share router networks with multiple agencies, Cotton said, "I can't answer why they shared that space."
The audit is reportedly expected to continue for roughly another two weeks.
If it’s not auditable, it’s not an election.
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Maricopa County is still using the routers it used in 2021.
They are simply irreplaceable.
In other words, eff you all while they defecate on our sacred voting privileges.
They don’t give 2-s**ts about that. What nasty evasive criminals these are.
Go and take them with police escort
If they try and stop them. ARREST THEM
ITS TIME TO TAKE THE NICE GUY BULLCRAP OFF
THEY STOLE THE PRESDENCY.
THATS TREASON. PUNISHABLE BY DEATH
( now I bet the white hats already have the data so it’s just a show. )
“The routers ‘support [more than 50] departments, not just elections operations’”
If you want real security for your house, ensure that it has at least 50 exterior doors.
The word ‘malfeasance’ comes to mind.
Hey Republicans! You have to force the opposition in order to get what you want. You have to impose your will. That’s the reality that we face today. The sooner you realize that the sooner you will start winning.
If allowing the auditors access to the routers is a security risk because multiple departments share the routers, why do they have multiple departments co-mingling and sharing routers?
If the county tax auditors can share a router with the County sheriff, why can’t the election auditors?
IF they trust tax auditors why not trust election auditors?
They are just throwing up road blocks and making excuses.
Whose idea was it to let other agencies “intermingle” with election equipment? Besides, routers do not contain much, if anything in the way of personal information. They certainly would not contain SSN info. The supervisors are blowing smoke. It won’t work.
May all of those corrupt and evil creatures burn in Hell together.
The real risk is that the beans would be spilled......
It is time to stop playing games.
The board of supervisors should be informed that they fully comply with the subpoena or they will be arrested and charged with contempt.
4 of 5 Maricopa supervisors are Republicans.
The Maricopa Board of Supervisors all look like such corrupt weasels. I have a hunch at least one of them is going to crack under the pressure and “flee the interview” like William H. Macy’s character did in “Fargo.”
Riiiight...nothing suspicious here.
If they are ignoring subpoenas why aren’t they being arrested??
Good to know.
Still, I am willing to bet that they got bribes from the Zuckerberg foundation that was bankrolling the election fix.
You mean they are RINOS typical Dems with an R next to their name!!
For gripes sake.
Anyone who has taken even a basic computer classes, and most kids,
KNOW
That a router contains zero asci text files . Zero spreadsheets. Zero financial files.
There are zero “ case investigation files “ Zero “personnel files”.
It contains i.p. addresses , Mac adresses, and software that manages connections.
Period.
The only “ security risk “ it poses
is to the people it recorded who accessed the systems it connected.
In other words the origins and end points of the intrusion resulting in fraudulent election activity.
It is only a ‘ risk to the hackers/ fraudsters.
If any I.t. folks are reading this, am I wrong ?
Bttt
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