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2021-08-22 at 6:48 PM UTC
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2021-08-22 at 6:52 PM UTCI don’t even like trump and the election was a blatant steal and a travesty on every fucking level and as America’s you should all be ashamed.
It’s literally 9 11 all over again, it was obviously an inside job
I bet stl 1 fucking thinks 911 was done by spooky terrorists too -
2021-08-22 at 7:01 PM UTC
Originally posted by RIPtotse I don’t even like trump and the election was a blatant steal and a travesty on every fucking level and as America’s you should all be ashamed.
It’s literally 9 11 all over again, it was obviously an inside job
I bet stl 1 fucking thinks 911 was done by spooky terrorists too
trump have only himself to blame.
4 years in office and none of his time were spent rigging the 2020 election. a more presidential president would have used all election trickeries imaginable to make sure his win is guaranteed. -
2021-08-22 at 7:03 PM UTCSo, is what you are saying, is that 9/11 was Trump's fault too?
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2021-08-23 at 12:15 AM UTC
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2021-08-23 at 5:08 PM UTCThe Hill
Arizona elections officials launch bipartisan assault on GOP audit
Reid Wilson
Two of Arizona's top election administrators have issued scathing indictments of a contractor who audited millions of ballots cast in the state's largest county.
Arizona elections officials launch bipartisan assault on GOP audit
The two officials are seeking to undercut a final report from Cyber Ninjas, the firm hired by Arizona's Republican-controlled state Senate, that they say will be marred by deep flaws. Cyber Ninjas is expected to deliver its initial report Monday on the nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County in last year's presidential election.
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) in separate reports castigated the inspection itself as deeply flawed - so much so that Hobbs argued it did not even merit the term "audit."
"Despite frequent references to this review as an audit, the exercise undertaken by the Arizona Senate's Florida-based contractor, Cyber Ninjas, fails to meet industry standards for any credible audit, much less for an election audit," Hobbs's office wrote. "The Senate's contractors demonstrated a lack of understanding of election processes and procedures both at a state and county level."
Hobbs detailed alleged flaws in security and transparency, as well as basic tabulation and procedural errors that are likely to lead to a miscount. The outcomes Cyber Ninjas will report, Hobbs's office said, "are unreliable."
Richer, the Maricopa County recorder who beat an incumbent Democrat in the same election the state Senate is disputing, framed his objections as an open letter to fellow Republicans.
"Nobody stole Maricopa County's elections. Elections in Maricopa County aren't rigged," Richer wrote, citing statements from Gov. Doug Ducey (R), Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R), former Attorney General William Barr and several attorneys representing former President Trump.
"I believe in the court system. I believe in facts and logic. I believe that Maricopa County has many safeguards against widespread fraud. I believe in the simple, straight-forward, data-backed explanation that Trump lost many Republican voters in affluent areas," Richer wrote. "Accordingly, I know Joe Biden won Maricopa County."
Hobbs, Richer and others who object to the Senate-ordered review have been particularly critical of Cyber Ninjas and its chief executive, Doug Logan, who spread misinformation about the 2020 election before the firm was hired. The Senate signed Cyber Ninjas, a firm with no experience in conducting election audits, without a bid process, even though an experienced election audit firm had offered its own services.
A spokesman for the companies overseeing the audit, former Arizona Republican Party chairman Randy Pullen, rejected the Hobbs and Richer reports.
"Cannot think of two people with less understanding and knowledge on election audits," Pullen wrote in a text message Monday.
Several of the Arizona Republicans who voted to authorize the audit have come to regret their votes and have publicly criticized the process.
Biden, the first Democrat since former President Clinton to win Arizona's electoral votes, carried the state by just under 11,000 votes, or about three-tenths of a percentage point. He won Maricopa County, home of Phoenix and about two-thirds of the state's registered voters, by 45,000 votes. -
2021-08-23 at 6:50 PM UTCUSA TODAY
House panel probing Arizona ballot review gives Cyber Ninjas Friday deadline to cooperate
Ronald J. Hansen, Arizona Republic
PHOENIX – Democrats heading the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee gave Cyber Ninjas until Friday to produce the information they have sought for more than a month, but stopped short Monday of issuing a subpoena.
The committee, which is the House's main investigatory panel, noted that the Florida-based company that has reviewed Maricopa County's ballots for the Arizona Senate has provided them only documents that were already in the public record.
It hasn't turned over records relating to its fundraisers for the ballot review, its communications with former President Donald Trump and his allies or with the Arizona Senate, the committee wrote in a letter from Reps. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who chairs the committee, and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who heads the subcommittee looking into the matter.
"The Committee needs those and other documents we requested in order to determine whether any individuals or entities have exerted inappropriate influence over the audit and to determine the extent to which partisanship and conspiracy theories compromised the credibility of this audit, which are key issues in the Committee’s assessment of the need for various federal legislative reforms to protect the constitutionally guaranteed right to vote," their letter said.
The company's attorney was not immediately available for comment on Monday.
The pressure from Capitol Hill comes on the day the company is expected to provide the state Senate with a draft report of its findings after examining 2.1 million ballots in a process that has dragged on since April.
Cyber Ninjas has asserted to Congress that the company is legally shielded from turning over more information because of legislative and attorney-client privileges.
Maloney and Raskin rejected those claims as baseless, saying Congress has long had the ability to get information relating to state government operations when it relates to areas of federal legislative interest.
The committee letter said it was giving the company until Friday to cooperate as one last "discretionary accommodation."
The committee has said Cyber Ninjas' work could have a damaging effect on future elections.
The Democrats' move comes as their party is trying to build support for an overhaul of federal voting rules, though that effort appears to be blocked in the Senate, with Republicans promising a filibuster Democrats cannot break under current Senate rules.
President Joe Biden has assailed newly passed state-level voting restrictions in several states, including Arizona, calling the efforts "the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War." -
2021-08-23 at 9:50 PM UTC^ Uses CNN as a "source". Says it all right there. CNN now has less views than most blogs. Even the Democrats laugh at CNN now.
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2021-08-23 at 9:59 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 USA TODAY
House panel probing Arizona ballot review gives Cyber Ninjas Friday deadline to cooperate
Ronald J. Hansen, Arizona Republic
PHOENIX – Democrats heading the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee gave Cyber Ninjas until Friday to produce the information they have sought for more than a month, but stopped short Monday of issuing a subpoena.
The committee, which is the House's main investigatory panel, noted that the Florida-based company that has reviewed Maricopa County's ballots for the Arizona Senate has provided them only documents that were already in the public record.
It hasn't turned over records relating to its fundraisers for the ballot review, its communications with former President Donald Trump and his allies or with the Arizona Senate, the committee wrote in a letter from Reps. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who chairs the committee, and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who heads the subcommittee looking into the matter.
"The Committee needs those and other documents we requested in order to determine whether any individuals or entities have exerted inappropriate influence over the audit and to determine the extent to which partisanship and conspiracy theories compromised the credibility of this audit, which are key issues in the Committee’s assessment of the need for various federal legislative reforms to protect the constitutionally guaranteed right to vote," their letter said.
The company's attorney was not immediately available for comment on Monday.
The pressure from Capitol Hill comes on the day the company is expected to provide the state Senate with a draft report of its findings after examining 2.1 million ballots in a process that has dragged on since April.
Cyber Ninjas has asserted to Congress that the company is legally shielded from turning over more information because of legislative and attorney-client privileges.
Maloney and Raskin rejected those claims as baseless, saying Congress has long had the ability to get information relating to state government operations when it relates to areas of federal legislative interest.
The committee letter said it was giving the company until Friday to cooperate as one last "discretionary accommodation."
The committee has said Cyber Ninjas' work could have a damaging effect on future elections.
The Democrats' move comes as their party is trying to build support for an overhaul of federal voting rules, though that effort appears to be blocked in the Senate, with Republicans promising a filibuster Democrats cannot break under current Senate rules.
President Joe Biden has assailed newly passed state-level voting restrictions in several states, including Arizona, calling the efforts "the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War."
So basically taking away all the misleading language and bullshit about a meaningless arbitrary "deadline" they are making a big show about demanding information that they have no business or right to have, aren't going to receive it, and aren't going to do anything about it (no subpoena), because it's not something they can legally do.
A big bluff show in other words.
You really are naieve sti. That article is a good example of how easily mislead you are. -
2021-08-23 at 11:20 PM UTCMake my
Ass
Giggle
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This has to be real because you just can't make this shit up.
Cyber Ninjas unable to finish report on time because they got the Covid!
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
CBS News
Arizona election review delayed again due to COVID-19
Adam Brewster
The contractors hired to conduct a review of Maricopa County's 2020 election on Monday turned in part of their draft report to the Arizona Senate, but the full report is not yet ready because three of the team members have tested positive for COVID-19.
Arizona Senate president Karen Fann said in a statement that the team expected to have the full draft report finished on Monday, but has not been able to finish it because of the virus.
"The team expected to have the full draft ready for the Senate today, but unfortunately Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan and two other members of the five-person audit team have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quite sick," Fann said in a statement. "The Senate legal team will meet Wednesday to start reviewing the draft report."
It is not immediately clear when the final report will be made public, but Fann said the Senate team will meet again after the rest of the draft report is submitted. Once that process is complete, the final report will be presented to the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee and the findings will be made public.
Fann's statement also said Maricopa County did not provide ballot envelope images last Thursday, but the County has disputed that claim and noted that it provided the information in April. In its response to a subpoena request earlier this month, the county also provided information about how the audit team could find those images.
The controversial process began in April after contractors hired by the Republican-led state Senate took control of Maricopa County's 2.1 million ballots. The Senate hired several firms to conduct the audit. It was led by Cyber Ninjas, whose founder has promoted election conspiracy theories and had no texperience in conducting official election audits. The process has been heavily criticized by election experts, election officials and Republican leaders in Maricopa County.
The results of the audit will not change the outcome of the 2020 election. President Biden won Arizona by 10,457 votes. Fann has repeatedly said that the goal of the audit is to improve the election process going forward, not to change the results of the 2020 election.
Observers on behalf of Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is also running for governor next year, documented concerns with the audit. Hobbs' office released a report last week that outlined some of those issues, including lack of security, transparency and consistent practices as well as not following chain-of-custody procedures.
"It is clear that any 'outcomes' or 'conclusions' that are reported from the Senate's review, by the Cyber Ninjas or any of their subcontractors or partners, are unreliable," the report said.
Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa county recorder who won his race in 2020, released a letter last week excorating the process. Richer, who is Maricopa County's top election official and voted for former President Trump in 2020, has frequently criticized the process over the past several months.
"The Ninja audit is an abomination that has so far eroded election confidence and defamed good people," Richer wrote. "Nobody stole Maricopa County's election. Elections in Maricopa County aren't rigged."
Former Arizona Republican Secretary of State Ken Bennett will be part of the team helping the Senate review the report. In July, Bennett said he was planning to step down because of transparency issues with the audit, but Fann convinced him to continue in his role.
Earlier this month, Maricopa County and Dominion Voting Systems refused to comply with subpoenas that requested more information to help contractors finish their report about the audit.
The audit team disclosed in July which groups have been funding the process. At that point, the team had received $5.6 million, mostly from groups whose leaders have spread unsubstantiated theories about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Maricopa County conducted multiple audits of the 2020 election before this process began. A hand count audit of a statistically significant sample of ballots after the election found that the results were accurate.
In January, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved two additional audits of election equipment following protests about the election. The board hired two independent firms who are certified by the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission. The firms conducted separate audits in February and found no issues.
Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform have asked Logan for documents related to the audit. On Monday, Democratic Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jamie Raskin sent a letter demanding that Logan produce the documents by August 27. -
2021-08-24 at 1:20 AM UTCst1 orgasmed with each and every copy paste.
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2021-08-24 at 1:50 AM UTCThey were probably poisoned and it has nothing to do with Covid.
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2021-08-25 at 1:15 PM UTC*crickets*
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2021-08-25 at 10:40 PM UTC"worms"
