Posted on 11/14/2022 4:52:55 PM PST by semimojo
When the Republican candidate for Arizona governor accused the state’s most populous county of “slow-rolling” the vote count to skew early election results, a local official fired back.
“Quite frankly, it is offensive for Kari Lake to say that these people behind me are slow-rolling this, when they’re working 14 to 18 hours” every day, said Bill Gates, the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County board of supervisors.
In 2020, Maricopa County landed in the national spotlight while certifying results amid false claims that the election was stolen from Trump. The following year, it underwent an “audit” pushed by Republicans in the state Senate, which ended with a report validating Biden’s win...
“That was just a constant flow of misinformation that we became adept at responding to," Gates said. "We began to understand the importance of responding to that misinformation...”
One persistent claim started when Lake, who is trailing Democrat Katie Hobbs by a percentage point with less than 200,000 votes left to count, accused the county of “slow-rolling” the count.
Lake and other Republicans say the county has timed vote releases so Democratic areas of the metro Phoenix area are released first. Gates has spent days explaining how that’s not happening and is not possible. In truth, the county processes ballots using a first-in, first out system.
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“Misinformation, disinformation, threat to our democracy…”
Weasel phrases.
I’m tired of hearing leftist (that includes RINOs) trash accusing us of what *they’re* doing.
Weasel phrases.
I’m not going to argue with you. You’re just one of those people spoiling for a fight.
I stand by my post.
Go look elsewhere for your little fight. There are plenty like you on here, I guarantee you. Ankle-nippers aplenty. Go find one to play with.
Good night.
>>Funny, almost every story about this now includes these exact words<<
The media RIGHTLY published this statement...
IT is MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE to voters who pay for the workers/machines/printing/tabulation of an election.
This entire group of HOBBS EMPLOYEES should be fired —for cause.
I have done accounting for 65 years.
NONE of these persons would have a job under my supervision.
ALL OF THOSE WORKERS ARE HOBBS EMPLOYEES-—ALL
Lots of nice places to live in N Nevada-—
He’s very good at gaslighting.
ANY person in charge of elections should be eligible not run for an office while in that position. It’s utterly ridiculous that she was able to run in the first place. A law is needed that prohibits the person in charge of elections from running for office for five years after leaving that position. As you say, she has way too many “friends” working there to have a fair election.
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