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Arizona Senate President: State’s 11 Electors Cannot Be Recalled After Maricopa Audit
epoch times ^ | 7/18/2021 | jack phillips

Posted on 07/18/2021 6:03:49 PM PDT by bitt

Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, a Republican, said the state Senate doesn’t have the ability to recall electors for the Nov. 3, 2020, election, after a fellow Republican lawmaker called for new elections.

Fann told One America News Network (OANN), which has been covering the audit of Maricopa County, that the upper chamber has the ability to provide auditors with the materials they need—including through the use of subpoenas—but the certification of electors is a different matter.

“The Senate body—we do not have the authority to do that. So, this is what we have said, and I want to make this very clear on the record,” the Republican state leader said on July 16.

Fann’s comments came as former President Donald Trump issued a statement declaring that the audit revealed there were irregularities and fraud that would have swayed the election in his favor last year. On July 15, the Senate held a hearing in the midst of a months-long review carried out by Florida-based tech firm Cyber Ninjas and teams told lawmakers they discovered discrepancies.

Doug Logan, CEO of Cyber Ninjas, told senators that auditors couldn’t find any record of Maricopa County sending more than 74,000 mail-in ballots and also discovered that around 18,000 people voted, but were taken off voter rolls “soon after the election.” He also noted that there were “11,326 people who were not on the voter rolls on Nov. 7, 2020, but appeared on the rolls on Dec. 4, 2020, and 3,981 people who voted after registering after Oct. 15, 2020.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arizona; audit; az; electors; ghostofmccain; karenfann; maricopaaudit; rino
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To: combat_boots

“Other elections have been overturned by courts.”

Link?


81 posted on 07/18/2021 7:27:12 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: bitt

It is always a repugnic-nt that swoops in to deliver the kill shot.


82 posted on 07/18/2021 7:31:30 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: bitt
There is absolutely nothing that the Az Senate can do to recall electors or de certify the election.

They can publish an audit report that exposes the fraud in the 2020 election , demonstrates that Trump almost certainly won the Az election.

Based on the audit results they can make criminal referrals to the Az Attny General, pass election reform laws to prevent a repeat of 2020s stolen election, impeach and remove from office any responsible elected officials, met out any legislative discipline and pass a resolution presenting the audit results and proclaiming President the Trump the True winner of the 2020 election.

They may be able to recall Mark Kelly but that would probably be a long drawn out affair that would go past Kelly's 2022 general election

The real fix is for President Trump to sue to invalidate the election due to fraud - an option not open to the Az Senate.

This is truly uncharted territory and there would probably be several visits to the US Supreme Court to litigate a host of Constitutional issues, most significantly, the fact the the President of the US is immune to prosecution and most legal challenges after being sworn into office.

Same for McSally but don't count on her having the guts to go there. She may try for a sympathy rematch in 2022 but I don't think she would make it through the primaries given the history.

Like it or not - we will be stuck with Biden for the near term future.

The cleanest way to unseat Biden is for Trump to run for Congress - he will win and hopefully bring with him a new batch of House members who will elect him Speaker. Add to that a new batch in the Senate

Biden and Harris can be impeached and removed from office for fraud and Trump would, by operation of law, become President. This would require a massive wave of public support from the American public and make the 2022 election a referendum on reversing the 2020 election steal

83 posted on 07/18/2021 7:31:33 PM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: C210N

She isn’t threatening to stop or block the recall of electors, she’s saying that the AZ State Senate lacks the statutory authority to recall electors. Which is 100% correct. That you think that the AZ State Senate committed treason for following state law is insane.


84 posted on 07/18/2021 7:32:14 PM PDT by DollarStoreGandalf
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To: Jim Noble
She is, of course, 100% correct.

And if they had the authority (which they don’t) - they certainly don’t have the votes.

Of course.

Come on people. This has been a transparent fund raising/election 2022 project from the start.

Every effort has been made to drag it out as long as possible, and now Bannon's starting to talk about taking it to all 50 states.

And conveniently enough there are organizations in each of those states where you can give money or more importantly register your contact information so you'll be an easy money target going forward.

In the meantime, the states are dealing with the reality they grasped on Nov. 4th. The election's over and the only people saying otherwise are doing it for their own purposes, not ours.

85 posted on 07/18/2021 7:35:44 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: bitt

So in plain words. They think stealing isnt a crime any more.


86 posted on 07/18/2021 7:35:44 PM PDT by crz
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To: Sasparilla

They’re not the MSM, they’re the gaslight media. Trying to make the public believe crazy things. E.g. “baseless claims”.


87 posted on 07/18/2021 7:35:48 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Captain Walker

Don’t just be silly.
“Our Founders knew there had to be an unchallengeable “President”.
You deny that. Yes, you do: you say ‘this’ or ‘that’ matters too, but our Founders said it didn’t.”
The President would be unassailable.


88 posted on 07/18/2021 7:37:07 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: rdcbn1
The other option is far more extreme but it could be the path forward if the Covid -19 can be considered a bio attack on the US, it can be proven that the Chinese intervened to hack voting machines for Biden and the Biden and the Democrats colluded with the Chinese (or other foreign powers) to steal the election. and install foreign agents as President and in the House and Senate.
89 posted on 07/18/2021 7:38:16 PM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: big bad easter bunny

“Do you think her statement is embedded in actual law?”

Sadly, yes. Senator Fann is not saying it as a positive outcome. She’s saying the AZ Senate can’t do anything further under the law.


90 posted on 07/18/2021 7:38:32 PM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: bitt

"The Senate body—we do not have the authority to do that."

Says who? You are the legislature. You swore an oath to the People and the People's State Constitution. Do your job or get out of the damn way.


91 posted on 07/18/2021 7:39:32 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Captain Walker

The courts have considered this argument repeatedly. They have repeatedly ruled that elections have to have an end, even if the outcome was ugly, probably illegal, and unfair. But the alternative was unending election litigation.

This approach has worked for over two hundred years, but it may not survive the election of 2020. The 2020 election is over, period. The next election gives us an opportunity to right the wrongs of 2020, but don’t expect anyone to help us, especially the courts, the FBI or either of the two political parties.

But, we have the ultimate power and we can overwhelm the enemies of the Republic, but we have to decide to make a stand. If we don’t, then Joe Biden will be replaced by Hunter Biden and then by his illegitimate children.


92 posted on 07/18/2021 7:39:56 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: C210N

“Then, subtract 11 EV’s from the “winner’s” total, and we proceed to do the same to PA, GA, WI, MI... “

Who is “we.”

I’d like to understand this Constitutional act of “we.”


93 posted on 07/18/2021 7:40:13 PM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

“Funny how things cant be done it if its not in the Constitution and the law, yet at the same time they can shread the letter of the law and wipe their asses with the Constitution and it’s no problem.”
Exactly. It is so ONLY because “republicans” and apparently a great many here on this site have no fight in them. They can’t be bothered with fighting this. It’s just too much trouble. Requires too much effort.
They are more than happy to bitch about it. To, Woe is me/us about it but, to actually fight against it? No. They fall into fatalism. Our Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves because of these kinds of people.


94 posted on 07/18/2021 7:40:41 PM PDT by ocrp1982 ( Bibicly)
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To: NobleFree

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/18/history-election-do-overs-223313/


95 posted on 07/18/2021 7:47:34 PM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! )
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

“The fatalism regularly demonstrated by so many Freepers on this site is quite disgusting. There seems to be no fight in them.”

They do have fight. They are willing to fight that nothing will be done, the criminal Rats are unstoppable and nothing will change.

They are permanently lapping at their prediction of doom. Always. They actually enjoy it and will repeat this on every other story no matter what it’s about.

I prefer to fight and will. Expose all the corruption and let the chips fall.

How’d it work out with in Egypt when they stood up to the Islamic Brotherhood?
People act like there is only now pathway. There isn’t.


96 posted on 07/18/2021 7:49:23 PM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: C210N

What a joke, and what a blowhard. Guys like that don’t do a damn thing except run their mouths and wait for other people to actually take action. Which they won’t. You included.


97 posted on 07/18/2021 7:55:31 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: mrsmith
Don’t just be silly.

Then answer the question I have been putting to you:

If the rules established for presidential elections were blatantly and callously ignored in the 2020 election, what is the basis for your belief that they will not be ignored in the 2024 election?

98 posted on 07/18/2021 7:55:53 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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To: Kazan

“You’re full of it. Exposing the election fraud absolutely necessary to prevent from happening again.”

The way that this will be righted is with devastating Dem losses in ‘22 and ‘24 delivered by an angry public. Yes, of course, the Dems will cheat again in their time-honored and customary ways, but it will be impossible for them to achieve the scale of 2020 again, IMO.

Then the gopes will, no doubt, waste another opportunity to undo at least some of the damage.

Unfortunately, the “framers” did not write the Constitution with adequate protections from entrenched and pernicious corruption. It was probably unimaginable at the time.


99 posted on 07/18/2021 7:57:33 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: bitt

Put em in Public Stocks and stone em in the public square.
In most bergs that would be the court house square.
In this instance it is in the catholic church center of town/


100 posted on 07/18/2021 7:58:21 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (You Go Donald.)
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