Posted on 08/20/2021 8:35:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democratic officials in Arizona are sweating over the upcoming results of the 2020 election audit, and have launched a pair of preemptive strikes against a report that could come as soon as next week according to Politico.
In a Thursday rebuttal, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) tried to poke as many holes as possible in the audit - while also trying to reassure people that ballot equipment was tested before and after the election.
Hobbs called the GOP Senate-led effort "secretive and disorganized," and claimed that they routinely failed to follow best practices for an audit.
"All credible audits are characterized by controls, access, and transparency that allow for the processes and procedures to be replicated, if necessary," reads the rebuttal. "As this report has described, the review conducted by the Senate’s contractors has consistently lacked all three of these factors."
One Republican, Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer, joined Hobbs with a lengthy rebuttal of his own - an open letter to state Republicans casting doubt on the credentials of the auditors, while also defending his own reputation.
"I will keep fighting for conservatism, and there are many things I would do for the Republican candidate for President, but I won’t lie about the election, and I will not unjustifiably turn my back on the employees of the Board of Supervisors, Recorder’s Office, and Elections Department — my colleagues and friends," he wrote.
Since late April, contractors hired by the Republican-controlled state Senate have been reviewing all the ballots cast in Maricopa County, which President Joe Biden won en route to flipping the state, along with examining election equipment.
The process was initially supposed to take 60 days, but has stretched on well past that. Julie Fischer, a “deputy Senate liaison” for the effort, told POLITICO that the contractors’ report — the firm leading the effort is called Cyber Ninjas — is expected to be submitted to the state Senate on Monday, and a hearing will be scheduled after that.
Election officials in the state have opposed it nearly every step of the way, including Richer, Hobbs and the GOP-controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. -Politico
"The only thing that has been consistent about this endeavor has been missed deadlines and having to walk back statements," said Richer at a Thursday presser, adding "Please look into it before taking whatever the Cyber Ninjas produce as gospel."
Their backs are against the wall. They’re desperate.
Not just Democrats.........
Where are the results of the Audit, they were supposed to come out today...Right?
A lot of anti-Trump Bush league and CCP connected republicans are in the hot seat. If the AG has any hair on his balls at all; they will be looking at felony charges.
Every single county in the USA should be forensically audited. The massive fraud is so deep and wide; there needs to be a reckoning for all those who participated in this major crime of treason.
They were sent to the Senate today. That is not the same as being released.
Supposed to be delivered to the Senate, don’t know if that happened or not.
I don’t expect them to release it immediately before they review it.
I will believe the report when I see it. I’m not going to get my hopes up that it shows shenanigans.
All communists do is lie.
Well, I can appreciate a well timed, professional roll out as good as the next guy... This weekend will be a dumpster fire of US incompetence because of a lack of accountability within our government because of our now obvious corrupt elections and it’s effect on the world stage... Every country is either laughing at us, dismayed by us or sharpening their swords. I am hopeful our country has a semblance of competency on Sunday so that maybe Monday around noon we aren’t so worried about and absolute collapse of our forces in Afghanistan that we might be able to take in that fact that the current incompetent regime is only there through industrial scale voter fraud. Trump won the election, the bureaucracy feared him, so it performed... no one fears Joe Biden, the man doesn’t even know where he is standing so guess what... the bureaucracy does’t perform. My only hope is that the corrupt DOJ and FBI begin to fear for the survival of the country and themselves and their children. Maybe they will realize that we are all F....d if they don’t start holding folks accountable... I am likely to be disappointed. DOJ if you are listening which I think you are... start with Maxine...that will send a message. The government will get back in gear.
I think it will backfire, too.
You are correct!
Slime covers them all!
The anticipation will kill them first.
Unfortunately they have all gone to the dark side.
Every agency of the government was corrupted by the Kenyanesian Usurpation.
I would absolutely love to see a Democrat panic.
Isn’t interesting...”Unknowing Joe” is now being contradicted by his own Administration. Even CNN is hedging now. Why? It never happens within the socialist communist party. Think!
Expect the upcoming change in American power structure to be timed out to counter AZ audit and poo poo any other state considering an audit.
The “elite and swamp” cannot allow any further attempted audits.
Until they shut down the border of Countless infected illegals, NO ONE GETS TO FORCE a mask on me!
If you’ve had two shots (Pfizer and Moderna) and you still catch the Chinese Wuhan Virus, what will a 3rd shot do for you?
Molon Labe!
Not to be too pedantic, but shenanigans is way too wimpy and inoffensive a word to characterize the CRIMES against the United Staes that occurred;
kinda like that stupid and totally useless phrase ‘over the top’.
Sent to the Senate for review and release to the public next week.
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