You think the Republican Maricopa County Recorder is flat out lying when he says they didn't use the software?
Seems it would be pretty easy to disprove.
You quoted what I wrote but seem not to have read it. I didn’t write that Richter was “flat out lying” — I said
that the author of the article was not telling the whole truth.
What matters is whether Maracopa County verified signatures in a manner that complied with AZ law and the county’s own policies. The measures Richter talks about might accomplish that, but they sound very much ad hoc and untested. Who verified that the procedure he described was accurate? How? Degree of accuracy? Any evidence that casts it in doubt?
I expect the judge to refuse to allow Lake’s experts to examine the signatures, or depose all the checkers, etc. It would be in the best interest of all AZ voters for the judge to appoint a Special Master, who would oversee a examination of a large sample (say 1000) of the “accepted” signatures versus the signature on file. That could yield a percentage of how many were actually bad. If that percentage times the overall quantity that required validation exceeds 17,500 ish, then Lake has shown that the methodology used by the county apparently failed. If not it makes sense to end the case.
> You think the Republican Maricopa County Recorder is flat out lying when he says they didn’t use the software?
I think this is a snark. At some point Maricopa admitted sending the ballot envelopes offsite for signature verification through the vendor’s equipment. The procedure followed appears to be in contravention of legal requirements for handling ballots. There’s no provable chain of custody for those ballots. Runbeck also admitted adding ballots for employees.
There are so many questionable aspects about the 2020 and 2022 Arizona elections related to mail in ballots; ranging from the tendency to bypass procedural constraints and the dubious integrity of the procedure even when followed. I do not have any confidence in the integrity of the elections, past or future. By treating challengers as laughable dunces and finding procedural ways to avoid discovery and accountability, public officials have shown tremendous arrogance and contempt for the public.