When accused of election fraud, Idaho conducted audits. Officials want to keep them going

Idaho Statesman ^ | 2/4/2022 | Ryan Suppe

[Right Wing Vegan]

A new bill, meant to increase trust in elections, would direct the Idaho secretary of state’s office to audit elections in randomly selected precincts around the state.

The bill comes amid persistent, unfounded election fraud claims after the 2020 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump and his supporters, including an Idaho House member who’s campaigning to be the state’s top election official, continue to cast doubt on the validity of the 2020 election, in Idaho and elsewhere.

The bill would create a system of random audits following general and primary elections. The policy is meant to, first, identify election issues, but also to “build voter confidence in the integrity of Idaho elections,” said Deputy Secretary of State Jason Hancock.

Hancock on Friday presented the new policy to the Senate State Affairs Committee, which unanimously voted to introduce it as a bill.

“Everything I have seen in my work with elections at the secretary’s office tells me that Idaho elections are being conducted with a high level of integrity,” Hancock said. “But rather than telling the public, ‘Trust us,’ we would much rather be able to say that we have a regular system of random post-election audits in place and that we have verified the accuracy and the integrity of our system.”

The secretary of state’s office introduced a similar bill during last year’s legislative session, Hancock said. The House passed the previous bill on a party-line vote, but it died in a Senate committee.

[dartuser]

The left’s new favorite word ... “unfounded” ...

[qam1]

Ryan Suppe covers state politics for the Idaho Statesman. He previously covered local government and business in the Treasure Valley and eastern Idaho. Drop him a line at rsuppe@idahostatesman.com. Support my work with a digital subscription

Side note, a subscription to this rag cost $15.99 a month. You would think being in Idaho they wouldn't be so far left if they wanted readers.

[TangoLimaSierra]

The left’s new favorite word ... “unfounded” ...

Yep, it's like the period at the end of an article. I quit reading there.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yay, Idaho! Go, Idaho!!!

[Theo]

... and “without evidence.”

[BluH2o]

The left’s new favorite word ... “unfounded” ...

Unfounded. has been used by the liberal MSM, in describing rampant voter fraud in the 2020 election, within days of the election.

[Revel]

“would direct the Idaho secretary of state’s office to audit elections in randomly selected precincts around the state.”

LOL

Most of the SOS’s are totally in on the vote fraud. Many of them were funded by Soros. Once again they are asking the crooks to audit themself s.

[kiryandil]

Ada County is located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population of 494,967, making it the state's most populous county, with 26.8% of the state's 2020 population. The county seat and largest city is Boise, which is also the state capital.

Ada County, Idaho:

Demoscat vote, presidential election
2008:  82,023
2012:  77,137
2016:  75,677
2020: 120,539

population increase, Ada County:

2000	300,904		46.2%
2010	392,365		30.4%
2020	494,967		26.1%

average population increase per year: 10,300.

Generously, 6,000 voters per year. From 2016 to 2020, the voters grew by 24,000 total.

40,000 MORE Demoscats turned out for Joek than turned out for Bammy 2008 - 45,000 more than for Hillary 2016.

Trump's 2020 Ada County total annihilated the Scumocrats.

So where did all the extra voters for the Dems come from?   

[cuz1961]

unfounded
Debunked
Baseless
Unexpected
Sudden
Rare
Safe and effective
14 days to flatten the curve

I think I see a pattern here.

[olezip]

The bill comes amid persistent, unfounded election fraud claims after the 2020 presidential election.

That is a pretty bold assertion, that the election fraud claims are unfounded. That statement itself is a show stopper.

Has the writer provided evidence to support such an assertion?

Or is that a new vocabulary word for the left? Do they know what it means?

[DIRTYSECRET]

You folks must be aware that there is plenty of time to audit EVERY vote. Question every ‘legitimate’ vote. It’s us not them. They’re just doing what they do.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

They NEVER provide substantiation for unfounded, misinformation, etc. they just spew debunked ad nauseam. For people who claim to be so in love with science, one would think they would use the scientific method to back up their assertions.

[Vaduz]

Random audits you know just like the ballot checking went in the last election.