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As Arizona audit winds down, auditors are still denied access to Maricopa County routers: County has claimed that turning over routers would constitute a security risk
Just The News ^ | 07/18/2021 | Daniel Payne

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: audit; az; can; corruption; democrats; evil; maricopa; nothing; routers; satanschildren; stop; whatcoming
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1 posted on 07/18/2021 8:52:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

If it’s not auditable, it’s not an election.


2 posted on 07/18/2021 8:58:28 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: SeekAndFind

2121

Maricopa County is still using the routers it used in 2021.

They are simply irreplaceable.


3 posted on 07/18/2021 9:00:37 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


4 posted on 07/18/2021 9:05:39 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Brian Griffin

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. )


5 posted on 07/18/2021 9:05:45 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: SeekAndFind

“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.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/15/arizona-chairwoman-kelli-ward-recaps-stunning-senate-hearing-about-maricopa-county-audit/


6 posted on 07/18/2021 9:08:42 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


7 posted on 07/18/2021 9:09:03 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: SeekAndFind
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.

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.

8 posted on 07/18/2021 9:09:50 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


9 posted on 07/18/2021 9:10:00 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audits. No peace.)
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To: SeekAndFind
If ever a local government needed to be destroyed by Divine thunderbolts from God's Righteous Hand, it is the Maricopa County Government.

May all of those corrupt and evil creatures burn in Hell together.

10 posted on 07/18/2021 9:13:55 PM PDT by Prole ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

The real risk is that the beans would be spilled......


11 posted on 07/18/2021 9:14:27 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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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.

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.

12 posted on 07/18/2021 9:16:13 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Fester Chugabrew; Prole; Pontiac; Mr. N. Wolfe

4 of 5 Maricopa supervisors are Republicans.


13 posted on 07/18/2021 9:20:54 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Prole

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.”


14 posted on 07/18/2021 9:27:31 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: SeekAndFind

Riiiight...nothing suspicious here.


15 posted on 07/18/2021 9:30:52 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If they are ignoring subpoenas why aren’t they being arrested??


16 posted on 07/18/2021 9:33:41 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
4 of 5 Maricopa supervisors are Republicans.

Good to know.

Still, I am willing to bet that they got bribes from the Zuckerberg foundation that was bankrolling the election fix.

17 posted on 07/18/2021 9:34:12 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

You mean they are RINOS typical Dems with an R next to their name!!


18 posted on 07/18/2021 9:35:03 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: SeekAndFind

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 ?


19 posted on 07/18/2021 9:35:10 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Pontiac

Bttt


20 posted on 07/18/2021 9:35:59 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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