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Maricopa audit observers forced to sign non-disclosure agreements…
Posted by Kane on May 5, 2021 6:00 pm
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Maricopa audit observers forced to sign non-disclosure agreements…
Posted by Kane on May 5, 2021 6:00 pm
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Windham, N.H. residents launch formal petition to present simple majority to start election audit
Residents in Windham, New Hampshire are fighting back against the city board's decision to appoint a known election audit critic to take charge of the state's 2020 review.
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Windham, N.H. Residents Launch Formal Petition To Present Simple Majority To Start Election Audit
FILE – People cast their votes in the presidential primary at Windham High School in Windham, N.H. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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UPDATED 6:44 AM PT – Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Residents in Windham, New Hampshire are fighting back against the city board’s decision to appoint a known election audit critic to take charge of the state’s 2020 review.
Meanwhile, another member of the Board of Selectmen said he will vote to appoint Jovan Pulitzer to lead the election fraud audit if that’s what the majority of the citizens want.
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Heath Partington became the second member of the four member board who now may support Pulitzer’s candidacy over the audit critic Mark Lindeman.
Last week, the board voted three-to-one to put Lindeman in charge of the audit, which sparked citywide protests. Windham residents have said New Hampshire needs an audit similar to that in Arizona, but the Board of Selectmen is trying to fight their demands.
Last month, state legislature passed the Bill SB43 that mandates New Hampshire officials audit last year’s elections after a Windham recount found six percent of Republican votes were switched to Democrat candidates.
The audit bill has already been signed into law by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, but Windham officials are struggling to select the team of auditors to do the job.
Residents are now organizing a formal petition that’s required to change the votes of their selectmen. This came after citizens turned their back on Windham board members Monday night in defiance of their plans to appoint Lindeman.
Board members walked out of the meeting without making the final decision. New Hampshire now has roughly 30 days to begin the audit of 2020 elections.
Windham residents are calling on all patriotic Americans to follow their fight on Telegram and MeWe as well as the local politics website called Granite Grok.
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RINOs think they can re-live ‘unity-inclusiveness’ scam
When Real America ponders the twisted course that has brought us to the abysmal place where we now find ourselves,
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RINOs Think They Can Re-Live ‘Unity-Inclusiveness’ Scam
by Christopher G. Adamo
May 5, 2021
When Real America ponders the twisted course that has brought us to the abysmal place where we now find ourselves, it is imperative to recognize the complicity of RINO (Republican in Name Only) traitors who have willingly aided and abetted leftists the entire time. It is no exaggeration to state that without the collusion of RINO turncoats, leftist Democrats could never have achieved the degree of success that they have enjoyed, at our expense.
Consequently, it is critically important to deal with RINOs as the enemy that they are, if genuine conservatives are ever to prevail over the vile and dangerous leftist Democrat agenda going forward. Thankfully, the unabashed pro-America, pro-Constitution and pro-Christian stances of President Trump not only proved that such ideals are alive and well in our Nation, he also provided the contrast necessary to smoke out the closet liberals lurking in the GOP. Far from being “moderates” or “centrists,” these two-faced political players only remain among Republican ranks because they know they can do the most to advance themselves and leftist Democrat interests by working from the inside.
Now that the RINOs believe their efforts, combined with leftist Democrat cohorts, have successfully shut down the groundswell of Americanism and Conservatism that carried President Trump into the White House, they are attempting once again to posture and pander their way back into positions of “credibility,” which is their avenue to GOP power. It is beyond their ability to grasp, or even care, that doing so would signify the end of the Republican Party itself.
Despite their aversion to reality, the rules have changed, and will never go back to the insipid and ineffective patterns of the past. For too long, Conservatives watched in total frustration as leftist activists continually got results from the Democrat Party, while Republicans only ever offered excuses for their total impotence as a political force, regardless of their numbers in the Congress and Senate, and even while holding the White House. That game should have ended long ago. In any case, it is over now, and RINO efforts to resurrect their scheming ways, and revert to that course are absolutely transparent and feckless. Still, they try.
In the past few weeks, a virtual “Who’s who” of duplicitous GOP globalists and leftist enablers has become increasingly vocal, as they resume their assault on the time honored principles that define real Republicans. The response from traditional members of the party who have not sold out to the new order has been openly hostile, and rightfully so.
At the Utah state Republican Convention this past week, RINO never Trump traitor Mitt Romney was loudly booed when he appeared on stage. Romney barely dodged an attempt by Utah Republicans to officially censure him for his constant attacks on the President, and his total betrayal of any principle of decency when he supported the baseless leftist Democrat impeachment scams, including the post January 20 circus.
Of course the title of “lowest of the low” among detestable RINOs clearly goes to Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who couldn’t ever be bothered to engage the left on behalf of the Cowboy State. Yet she has plenty of zeal and energy when attacking President Trump and his supporters. In a May 3 Twitter post, Cheney declared “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.” Cheney is fully vested in the leftist Democrat effort to put a phony fig leaf of “legitimacy” on the 2020 election theft, despite the flagrant and widespread abuses and chicanery that was witnessed by the entire Nation on Election Night, and during the wee hours of the following morning.
Meanwhile, even former President George W. Bush, who never had anything bad to say about the treasonous Barack Obama, is reasserting his globalist “pedigree,” by once again pushing for open borders. Never forget how Bush attempted in 2007 to destroy America’s southern border by colluding with RINO John McCain’s “gang of eight,” a cabal of RINO and Democrat Senators. But Bush’s record of duplicity goes back further still. As far back as 2000, he attempted to dismiss real conservatism when first running for the White House, by defining himself as a “compassionate conservative.” It was his way of asserting that open borders and socialism were qualities that somehow constituted a superior ideology, as opposed to those uncompassionate Neanderthals who believed in secure national borders, respect for private property, and rewarding the diligence of one’s labors.
In response to the uproar, leftist minion Susan Collins, the RINO Senator from Maine, appeared on CNN to castigate those who stand up to the Romneys, Cheneys, and Bushes and their efforts to reinvent the GOP. In her twisted world, only by accepting their distortions and pollution of the party can Republicans be deemed worthy. Those who think the party should uphold a certain set of principles, and particularly conservative ones, are a blight on the party, are being “disrespectful” to the RINO turncoats, and thus create “disunity.”
Of course Mitt Romney and RINO extraordinaire Liz Cheney are never criticized for their disrespectful nature or the divisions they deliberately cause, which always redound to the benefit of the left. They are fine attacking a real Republican leader who actually moved Conservatism forward and showed how to make it work. Yet they claim to be “building the party” and demand others “unify” with their sordid and self-serving agenda.
Americans who want their country back from the leftist Democrats need to become fully aware of the dirty little secrets by which RINOs have hamstrung our side for years. Calls for “party unity,” especially coming from those who were so flagrantly and incessantly undermining unity during the first term of President Trump, are absolutely disingenuous. A party that claims to accept both high and low standards will in truth only uphold low standards. The only way unity can be achieved with such people is by totally capitulating to them and their agenda. And their end game is virtually indistinguishable from that of the leftist Democrats.
Furthermore, a party that claims to stand for “everything” is a party that ultimately stands for nothing. The Republican “Establishment” clearly knows this, and is absolutely fine with it. Its intended purpose for the GOP has nothing to do with the concerns of Grassroots Conservatives who work the jobs, plant the crops, and fight the wars. In truth it never did!
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McConnell Has Received Donations from Voting Machine Lobbyists
"It's not surprising to me that Mitch McConnell is receiving these campaign contributions, he seems single-handedly to be standing in the way of anything passing in Congress around election security."
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Mitch McConnell Received Donations from Voting Machine Lobbyists Before Blocking Election Security Bills
BY NICOLE GOODKIND ON 7/26/19 AT 4:48 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians were attempting to sabotage the 2020 presidential elections "as we sit here."
McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were "so partisan," but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country.
"Clearly this request is not a serious effort to make a law. Clearly something so partisan that it only received one single solitary Republican vote in the House is not going to travel through the Senate by unanimous consent," said McConnell on the Senate floor.
The plans would likely burden the two largest electronic voting machine vendors in the United States, Election Systems & Software and Dominion Voting Systems, with new regulations and financial burdens. Together, the companies make up about 80 percent of all voting machines used in the country and both have far-reaching lobbying arms in Washington D.C. Many of those lobbyists have contributed to the McConnell campaign, reported Sludge last month, an investigative outlet that focuses on money in politics.
Sludge found that Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck lobbyist David Cohen, who has worked on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems this year, donated $2,000 to McConnell during this time. Brian Wild, who works with Cohen and has also lobbied Dominion, gave McConnell $1,000.
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Around the same time, on February 19 and March 4 Emily Kirlin and Jen Olson, who have lobbied on behalf of Election Systems & Software over the last year donated $1,000 to McConnell each.
Thursday's first bill, presented by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would authorize $775 million to bolster election security and require states to keep paper trails of all votes cast. The second, presented by Senator Richard Blumenthal, would require political candidates and their staff and family members to notify the FBI about any offers of assistance from foreign governments.
Election Systems & Software's CEO Tom Burt did speak in favor of creating paper trails for digital election systems and urged Congress to pass legislation requiring states to do so. Election Systems & Software has said it no longer sells machines without paperless ballots, so a rule change would benefit them.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions at the U.S. Capitol on July 09, 2019 in Washington, DC.WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY
"It's not surprising to me that Mitch McConnell is receiving these campaign contributions," the Brennan Center for Justice's Lawrence Norden told Sludge last month. "He seems single-handedly to be standing in the way of anything passing in Congress around election security, and that includes things that the vendors might want, like money for the states to replace antiquated equipment."
McConnell's actions seemed even more out of balance with his party, as the Senate Intelligence Committee—led by Republicans—released a report later on Thursday claiming Russians have targeted voting systems in all 50 states in 2016. Though there was no evidence votes were changed, in Illinois "Russian cyberactors were in a position to delete or change voter data."
In 2018, there were 14 states that used electronic voting systems in 2018 with no paper trail, that means that if votes were inaccurately tallied or machines malfunctioned, there would be no way to investigate or recover those votes.
Voting machine companies are not currently subject to any federally-mandated security standards.
Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough slammed McConnell for blocking the votes Friday morning.
"He is aiding and abetting [Russian President] Vladimir Putin's ongoing attempts to subvert American democracy, according to the Republican FBI, CIA, DNI, intel committee," he said. "All Republicans are all saying Russia is subverting American democracy and Moscow Mitch won't even let the Senate take a vote on it. That is un-American."
McConnell Has Received Donations from Voting Machine Lobbyists
"It's not surprising to me that Mitch McConnell is receiving these campaign contributions, he seems single-handedly to be standing in the way of anything passing in Congress around election security."
Mitch McConnell Received Donations from Voting Machine Lobbyists Before Blocking Election Security Bills
BY NICOLE GOODKIND ON 7/26/19 AT 4:48 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians were attempting to sabotage the 2020 presidential elections "as we sit here."
McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were "so partisan," but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country.
"Clearly this request is not a serious effort to make a law. Clearly something so partisan that it only received one single solitary Republican vote in the House is not going to travel through the Senate by unanimous consent," said McConnell on the Senate floor.
The plans would likely burden the two largest electronic voting machine vendors in the United States, Election Systems & Software and Dominion Voting Systems, with new regulations and financial burdens. Together, the companies make up about 80 percent of all voting machines used in the country and both have far-reaching lobbying arms in Washington D.C. Many of those lobbyists have contributed to the McConnell campaign, reported Sludge last month, an investigative outlet that focuses on money in politics.
Sludge found that Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck lobbyist David Cohen, who has worked on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems this year, donated $2,000 to McConnell during this time. Brian Wild, who works with Cohen and has also lobbied Dominion, gave McConnell $1,000.
FEC
Around the same time, on February 19 and March 4 Emily Kirlin and Jen Olson, who have lobbied on behalf of Election Systems & Software over the last year donated $1,000 to McConnell each.
Thursday's first bill, presented by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would authorize $775 million to bolster election security and require states to keep paper trails of all votes cast. The second, presented by Senator Richard Blumenthal, would require political candidates and their staff and family members to notify the FBI about any offers of assistance from foreign governments.
Election Systems & Software's CEO Tom Burt did speak in favor of creating paper trails for digital election systems and urged Congress to pass legislation requiring states to do so. Election Systems & Software has said it no longer sells machines without paperless ballots, so a rule change would benefit them.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions at the U.S. Capitol on July 09, 2019 in Washington, DC.WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY
"It's not surprising to me that Mitch McConnell is receiving these campaign contributions," the Brennan Center for Justice's Lawrence Norden told Sludge last month. "He seems single-handedly to be standing in the way of anything passing in Congress around election security, and that includes things that the vendors might want, like money for the states to replace antiquated equipment."
McConnell's actions seemed even more out of balance with his party, as the Senate Intelligence Committee—led by Republicans—released a report later on Thursday claiming Russians have targeted voting systems in all 50 states in 2016. Though there was no evidence votes were changed, in Illinois "Russian cyberactors were in a position to delete or change voter data."
In 2018, there were 14 states that used electronic voting systems in 2018 with no paper trail, that means that if votes were inaccurately tallied or machines malfunctioned, there would be no way to investigate or recover those votes.
Voting machine companies are not currently subject to any federally-mandated security standards.
Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough slammed McConnell for blocking the votes Friday morning.
"He is aiding and abetting [Russian President] Vladimir Putin's ongoing attempts to subvert American democracy, according to the Republican FBI, CIA, DNI, intel committee," he said. "All Republicans are all saying Russia is subverting American democracy and Moscow Mitch won't even let the Senate take a vote on it. That is un-American."
Interesting both in content, as well as the continued "Russia Did It"rant, and the article publisher....
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It should be noted the above article was originally published July 26, 2019 which was over a year before the Nov. 3, 2020 election.
People have asked "Why wasn't Trump & Co. expecting fraud in the election." The answer is money kept Trump from knowing.
Oh - and pols like Mitch.
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People have asked "Why wasn't Trump & Co. expecting fraud in the election." The answer is money kept Trump from knowing.
Oh - and pols like Mitch.
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Soros-Linked Arizona Sec. of State Sends Letter to Maricopa Audit Team In Another Attempt to Shut Down the Audit - What Are Democrats Scared Of? | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft
Soros connected Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is now criticizing the current audit ongoing in Maricopa County by focusing on its operations and policies. Her arguments are weak, especially when comparing them to the operations she oversees. This is her best and latest effort to...
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Soros-Linked Arizona Sec. of State Sends Letter to Maricopa Audit Team In Another Attempt to Shut Down the Audit – What Are Democrats Scared Of?
By Joe Hoft
Published May 5, 2021 at 7:10pm
Soros connected Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is now criticizing the current audit ongoing in Maricopa County by focusing on its operations and policies. Her arguments are weak, especially when comparing them to the operations she oversees. This is her best and latest effort to sidetrack the audit and it’s a bad joke.
Arizona has a Soros-connected Secretary of State in Arizona in Katie Hobbs. She is not in favor of the Maricopa audit which shows her disregard for her role and her state:
Today Ms. Hobbs sent a six-page document to the team auditing the results in Maricopa County and attempted to criticize the audit while including accusations that are just plain not accurate. Here are some abbreviated comments on her letter:
Hobbs begins with concerns based on disclosed operations in seven points:
1. In her first point she again brings up a tweet by a reporter regarding activities that took place before the audit and the type of colored pen used in the audit. It was also used in a court case and it’s ridiculous.
2. In the second point Hobbs claims her systems were reviewed by certified auditors of the EAS. This is likely false since we uncovered that both firms certified by the EAS were not certified when Maricopa County selected them to perform their rubber-stamped audits. These firms were used for system analysis before the election and were likely not certified then as well.
3. In her next few comments Hobbs makes assertions with no examples and then lands on the ballots chain of custody as a concern. Paradoxically, Hobbs never said a thing about the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors loading ballots on a truck and shipping them to God knows where a few weeks ago:
This illegal activity was concerning but then again so were the shredded ballots found outside the Maricopa County Tabulation Center a few weeks ago as well.
Hobbs had no concerns with any of this that we are aware of:
Finally, Hobbs complained about the auditors potentially hiring unbiased workers. Without any evidence these observations on policies were worthless.
Next Hobbs attacked the operations themselves in six observations:
Hobbs starts by mentioning Ryan Macias who she sent to look over the audit but she never shares that Macias claimed he was a reporter at first:
Hobbs complained about the fenced-in ballots in that they were not covered by fencing over the top of the ballots. But she neglected to note the ballots are under constant 24-hour review by cameras every day and armed guards guarding the facility.
The remainder of Hobbs’s points were noting risks with no examples and therefore non-existant dreams of what was going on.
(below is Hobbs letter to the audit team in AZ)
Hobbs 5521 Letter to Ken Bennett by Jim Hoft on Scribd (doc on website)
Hobbs drafted a sophomoric document in another attempt to stop the audit. This is the opposite of what a fair-minded person would do who believes the results of the election were accurate.
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BREAKING: Biden DOJ to Interfere with State of Arizona Forensic Audit of Maricopa County Ballots ...Update: With DOJ Letter | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
The same organization that manufactured and ran the Russia collusion hoax and allowed for the 2020 election fraud is going to interfere with the Arizona audit!
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BREAKING REPORT: Biden DOJ to Interfere with State of Arizona Forensic Audit of Maricopa County Ballots
By Jim Hoft
Published May 5, 2021 at 7:32pm
The same organization that manufactured and ran the Russia collusion hoax and allowed for the 2020 election fraud is going to interfere with the Arizona audit!
According to Garrett Archer at ABC15 in Phoenix, Arizona the Biden Department of Justice is going to “get involved in some capacity” with the ongoing forensic audit.
As we have been reporting for weeks now, Democrats are REALLY, REALLY worried about the Maricopa County audit.
Do not forget that the Department of Justice DID NOTHING as Democrats locked Republicans from ballot counting rooms and drove in vanloads of ballots in the middle of the night!
Now the DOJ is stepping in to a state’s audit of election ballots!
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JFK Quote: “Those who make peaceful revolution (of the ballot box) impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
The Arizona Senate should be warned to protect those ballots. It may require state force.
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More Hiding & Obstruction In The Arizona Audit
•May 5, 2021
Behizy
More Hiding & Obstruction In The Arizona Audit We have even more obstruction as the Maricopa County board of supervisors are refusing to give America's Audit access to the routers.
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I like Behizy...View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olnuqzFRjtY
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More Hiding & Obstruction In The Arizona Audit
•May 5, 2021
Behizy
More Hiding & Obstruction In The Arizona Audit We have even more obstruction as the Maricopa County board of supervisors are refusing to give America's Audit access to the routers.
At first he comes across as a lightweight - but the more you listen the more you appreciate his edge.
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BOMBSHELL: Maricopa County Didn't Have Password to Look Into Admin Functions of Voting Machines 6:14 min
BOMBSHELL: Maricopa County Didn't Have Password to Look Into Admin Functions of Voting Machines
Bannons War Room Published May 5, 2021 5,525 Views
BOMBSHELL: Maricopa County Didn't Have Password to Look Into Admin Functions of Voting Machines
Bannons War Room Published May 5, 2021 5,525 Views
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Forensic Evidence in Michigan Prove Voting Machines Had Unauthorized Implant to Circumvent Security 6:54 min
Forensic Evidence in Michigan Prove Voting Machines Had Unauthorized Implant to Circumvent Security
Bannons War Room Published May 5, 2021 37,858 Views
Forensic Evidence in Michigan Prove Voting Machines Had Unauthorized Implant to Circumvent Security
Bannons War Room Published May 5, 2021 37,858 Views
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Bannon pointed out that if Maricopa officals didn't have control of the machines - who did?
This alongside of the resistance to turn over Router passwords indicates the machines were controlled "external" to the state.
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Kansas Legislature Rallies Around Election Integrity Reforms, Overrides Democrat Governor’s Veto | The Gateway Pundit | by The Scoop
The Kansas Legislature has voted to override the veto of Democratic Governor Laura Kelly on some election-related reform bills — which reports said were meant to plug the issues raised during the 2020 election.
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Kansas Legislature Rallies Around Election Integrity Reforms, Overrides Democrat Governor’s Veto
By The Scoop
Published May 5, 2021 at 8:00pm
The Kansas Legislature has voted to override the veto of Democrat Governor Laura Kelly on some election-related reform bills — which reports said were meant to plug the issues raised during the 2020 election.
Kelly vetoed the said bills last month claiming that the legislation was “designed to disenfranchise Kansans,” according to a report by local media Kansas City Star.
“Changes to Kansas election laws that limit the power of the executive and judicial branch and tighten rules around advance voting are now law despite Gov. Laura Kelly’s objections,” the publication wrote, adding that the state legislature voted Monday to override Kelly’s vetoes on two elections related measures.
“The bills follow a trend in GOP-controlled state houses nationwide to limit ballot access,” it added, after claims of widespread voter fraud emerged during the 2020 election, while it said that “legislation in Washington to expand mail-in voting nationwide has stalled in the Senate.”
Over two-thirds of the lawmakers backed the move — exceeding the threshold needed to pass bills without the governor’s approval.
“Inspired by controversies from the 2020 election, the bills aimed to prevent similar fights from taking place in future elections,” the report said.
Contrary to the governor’s characterization of the bills, Republican state Senator Caryn Tyson, said the new legislation aims to do the opposite in a bid to secure “voter accuracy” in succeeding elections.
“Every single vote matters and the accuracy matters. This bill is not about voter suppression it is about voter accuracy and making sure every legal vote counts,” Tyson commented.
Meanwhile, The Star described House Bill 2332 as a measure to “prohibit the executive and judicial branches of government from altering election laws. It also prevents the Secretary of State from entering into consent decrees with a court without legislative approval.”
“House Bill 2183 focuses largely on mail-in voting. It limits who is permitted to return a mail-in ballot for another person and makes it a misdemeanor for one person to return more than 10 mail-in ballots. The measure also requires the signature on a mail ballot to match the signature election officials have on file, creating a potential for votes to be discarded, and bans the Secretary of State from extending mail-in vote deadlines.”
The measure also “makes it illegal” to backdate a postmark on a ballot and bars election offices from accepting money from any entity other than the state for administering elections.
Election reform measures across the country
Republicans in many states have started pushing election-related measures in the aftermath of the controversy-laden 2020 election in a bid to “restore trust” in elections as well as preventing a repeat of the issues that came up during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The most-controversial, perhaps, is Georgia’s “Election Integrity Act of 2021” which Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed in March reforming Georgia’s election laws after the state’s election conduct was launched on the national stage during the past presidential election.
The far-ranging new election law included provisions for new ID requirements for mail-in votes, limiting the use of ballot drop boxes as well as giving the state’s Legislature more reign on election matters over local elections officials. It also bans volunteers from handing out food, water and other tokens to voters in waiting lines.
Governor Kemp has said then that the bill will be “another step toward ensuring our elections are secure, accessible and fair” and to address questions raised during the 2020 elections.
“With Senate Bill 202, Georgia will take another step toward ensuring our elections are secure, accessible and fair,” Kemp said. “Ensuring the integrity of the ballot box isn’t partisan, it’s about protecting the very foundation of who we are as Georgians and Americans.
Democrats — including President Joe Biden — have attacked Georgia’s new election laws. Large corporations have also rallied against the said measures claiming that it will make it harder for marginalized sectors to vote.
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The Major League Baseball (MLB) even went as far as pulling its 2021 all-star game and draft out of the state in protest to the changes in the election laws.
But Governor Kemp blasted Democrats and the MLB for caving to “cancel culture” “while lying about what the election reforms actually do.”
“It’s unfortunate that Major League Baseball has caved to the cancel culture, and quite honestly, President Biden and Stacey Abrams and a lot of other people are simply lying about this bill to pressure these organizations,” Kemp said in April.
“This is just a cancel culture, and I’ll tell you, the people at home should be scared because their ballgame is next, their business will be next, their way of life will be next. It is time to stand up and fight this and say, ‘look, we’re not going to take this anymore.’ It’s ridiculous,” Kemp added.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) even went as far as pulling its 2021 all-star game and draft out of the state in protest to the changes in the election laws.
But Governor Kemp blasted Democrats and the MLB for caving to “cancel culture” “while lying about what the election reforms actually do.”
“It’s unfortunate that Major League Baseball has caved to the cancel culture, and quite honestly, President Biden and Stacey Abrams and a lot of other people are simply lying about this bill to pressure these organizations,” Kemp said in April.
“This is just a cancel culture, and I’ll tell you, the people at home should be scared because their ballgame is next, their business will be next, their way of life will be next. It is time to stand up and fight this and say, ‘look, we’re not going to take this anymore.’ It’s ridiculous,” Kemp added.
Despite opposition from liberals, a recent Rasmussen Report found that the majority of voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote following the 2020 election.
The survey also found that 75% of voters say requiring voters to show some form of identification like driver’s license before being allowed to vote is necessary to a “fair and secure election process.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Arizona GOP Party Chair Dr. Kelli Ward Weighs in on Biden DOJ Interference in AZ Senate Forensic Audit | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
As reported earlier according to Garrett Archer at ABC15 in Phoenix, Arizona the Biden Department of Justice is going to “get involved in some capacity” with the ongoing forensic audit.
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EXCLUSIVE: Arizona GOP Party Chair Dr. Kelli Ward Weighs in on Biden DOJ Interference in AZ Senate Forensic Audit
By Jim Hoft
Published May 5, 2021 at 9:40pm
As reported earlier according to Garrett Archer at ABC15 in Phoenix, Arizona the Biden Department of Justice is going to “get involved in some capacity” with the ongoing forensic audit.
As we have been reporting for weeks now, Democrats are REALLY, REALLY worried about the Maricopa County audit.
Do not forget that the Department of Justice DID NOTHING as Democrats locked Republicans from ballot-counting rooms and drove in vanloads of ballots in the middle of the night!
Tonight The Gateway Pundit spoke with Dr. Kelli Ward, the Chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, on this latest development and possible interference by the Biden Department of Justice on the Arizona forensic audit.
Here is what we were told.
We agree.
TGP contributor Joe Hoft wrote this earlier today about Katie Hobbs and her desperate and dishonest letter to Kenn Bennett.
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BREAKING: Biden DOJ to Interfere with State of Arizona Forensic Audit of Maricopa County Ballots ...Update: With DOJ Letter | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
The same organization that manufactured and ran the Russia collusion hoax and allowed for the 2020 election fraud is going to interfere with the Arizona audit!
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BREAKING REPORT: Biden DOJ to Interfere with State of Arizona Forensic Audit of Maricopa County Ballots …Update: With DOJ Letter
By Jim Hoft
Published May 5, 2021 at 7:32pm
The same organization that manufactured and ran the Russia collusion hoax and allowed for the 2020 election fraud is going to interfere with the Arizona audit!
According to Garrett Archer at ABC15 in Phoenix, Arizona the Biden Department of Justice is going to “get involved in some capacity” with the ongoing forensic audit.
As we have been reporting for weeks now, Democrats are REALLY, REALLY worried about the Maricopa County audit.
Do not forget that the Department of Justice DID NOTHING as Democrats locked Republicans from ballot-counting rooms and drove in vanloads of ballots in the middle of the night!
Now the DOJ is stepping in to a state’s audit of election ballots!
UPDATE: Here is a copy of the DOJ Letter to Secretary of State Fann.
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New Hampshire Politician: "You are irrelevant." Election Audit Update
Voter Integrity Group Leader Marylynn Todd provides us with an update and call for action. You can support her efforts below. https://givesendgo.com/nhvoterintegrity?fbclid=IwAR016n3tWU37ZXbrvJ1D6sF4e
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New Hampshire Audit UPDATE: Politician: "You are irrelevant."
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Voter Integrity Group Leader Marylynn Todd provides us with an update and call for action.
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NH Residents Turn Their Backs On Board Over Election Audit Process; Chant ‘RESIGN!’
May 4, 2021
Written by Martin Walsh
OPINION: This article contains commentary which reflects the author's opinion
Citizens and conservatives in multiple battleground states across the country are demanding lawmakers take action to combat what happened during the 2020 presidential election.
Hundreds of local citizens turned out to the Windham, New Hampshire, meeting at city hall with elected officials — and they did not hold back.
The Windham Board of Selectmen met at the Town Hall for its weekly meeting but when hundreds of people arrived, they caused the members to call for a recess and move the meeting to the Windham High School Auditorium.
The scheduled meeting contained an item about auditing the November 2020 vote on the agenda that has gained national attention.
The city leaders or “selectmen” moved the meeting back to the smaller venue at the city hall, which some believe was an attempt to make it uncomfortable or turn away concerned citizens who wanted to take part in the meeting.
The board members then walked out of the meeting after they reportedly were not expecting so many people to show up and demand action.
The meeting was then moved over to the Windham High School auditorium.
The crowd then grew more and more frustrated after the board was not addressing their concerns.
Dozens of citizens stood up, turned their back on the board, and started chanting: “Resign! Resign! Resign!”
Local activist Ken Eyring told the reporter, “This board is an embarrassment to the community.”
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Some participants walked in large groups holding signs and banners while others formed a small motorcade honking their horns and shouting from their vehicles.
At one point, the audience cited the Pledge of Allegiance, sang the National Anthem, and America the Beautiful.
Patch.com reported:
At about 8:30 p.m. the meeting was called to order by Ross McLeod, the co-chairman of the Board of Selectmen, after the delay to move location and the needed time for Windham TV to set up the live stream.
Selectman Bruce Breton filed a motion asking his colleagues to reconsider the town’s selection of Verified Voting to be the town’s representative to perform the audit but the motion did not have enough votes to move forward. Breton asked his fellow selectmen to reconsider a 3-1 vote taken April 26 that selected Mark Lindeman, co-director of the organization Verified Voting, citing conflicts of interest — specifically, letters Lindeman signed challenging the Maricopa County Arizona recount.
At the April 26 meeting, McLeod, Heath Partington, and Roger Hohenberger all voted to support Lindeman as the top choice with Breton putting his faith instead behind another interested candidate, Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, a computer scientist, and inventor.
The meeting was stopped and a 5-minute recess was called on multiple occasions. Each selectman had the opportunity to speak and ask questions of Breton and were interrupted many times by the audience.
After several interruptions, members of the audience clearly frustrated began to leave, and yell at the selectmen as they left.
As tensions built, a large amount of Windham police officers took positions in front of the stage, creating a barrier between the audience and the board.
Additional officers from Salem, Derry, and Londonderry arrived at the high school to provide additional resources if needed.
As discussions concluded the large number of people remaining in the audience stood and turned their backs to the stage, verbally expressing their displeasure.
A final vote was taken without the needed votes to overturn the original selection of who would provide the forensic audit.
The crowd peacefully left the auditorium and gathered for a short time in the parking lot.
There were no apparent arrests or physical altercations.
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Memos hint Zuckerberg to continue big spending on Georgia election workers, infrastructure
Facebook founder's influence on election process may extend beyond 2020 if Fulton County in Georgia has its way. Newly obtained memos talk of "doubled" future budget in Atlanta area.
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Memos hint Zuckerberg to continue big spending on Georgia election workers, infrastructure
Facebook founder's influence on election process may extend beyond 2020 if Fulton County in Georgia has its way. Newly obtained memos talk of "doubled" future budget in Atlanta area.
By Natalia Mittelstadt
Updated: May 5, 2021 - 8:12am
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's multimillion dollar investment in the 2020 presidential election process may extend into this year or beyond, at least if Fulton County is any measure.
Georgia's largest county, which encompasses the blue-leaning city of Atlanta, received more than $6.3 million in private grants from the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to conduct elections during the 2020 pandemic, but recently reported it did not use all the money last year.
Now it would like to spend $858,667 in leftover proceeds in the future, according to county election officials' memos obtained by Just the News under the state's Freedom of Information Act.
CTCL, which got hundreds of millions from Zuckerberg and his wife to spend during the 2020 election, also hinted of bigger plans for the future in its after-action questionnaire for Fulton County.
"If your annual budget for elections permanently doubled, what would you be able to accomplish that you can't accomplish now?" the questionnaire asked.
Conservatives have raised serious concerns about CTCL grants, saying they appeared to be heavily focused on Democratic election strongholds in 2020 and amounted to an unprecedented back door for private money to influence neutral election judges and administrators. The group counters it was simply helping election coordinators get through an unprecedented pandemic.
In its application to extend leftover funding to June 30, 2021, Fulton County said it would use the money on "temporary staffing support," "vote by mail/absentee voting equipment and supplies" and "election administration equipment," the memos show.
The memos also provide an extraordinary window into the differences between what Georgia's largest county said it would spend CTCL money on and what it actually spent the grants on.
For instance, Fulton County said in its application and plan for the grant money that it would spend $209,713 for voter education on mail-in ballots, but it reported in its extension request as having spent no money in that category. A separate report claimed the county spent $58,593 on voter education.
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Similarly, the memos show the county requested $6,309,436 from the Zuckerberg-funded organization for 2020 and spent $5,478,297 by the end of the year, leaving $889,732.37 unspent.
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But the grant extension request used different numbers, reporting $5,450,769 was spent by Dec. 31, 2021, and $858,667 was left over.
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Phill Kline, Director of the Amistad Project, told Just the News on Tuesday that the 2020 election was "one of the least transparent elections in U.S. history because America was kicked out of the counting room" and private organizations were let in. He added that these public-private partnerships are preventing Americans from seeing what happened in the 2020 election.
"The people running the show aren't the government," Kline alleged, adding that private groups like CTCL don't have to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests or answer phone calls like government agencies. "They should," he said.
Kline also said that Zuckerberg, CTCL, and similar organizations should open up communications, "otherwise we won't know what happened in 2020."
Regarding state audits discovering what happened in the 2020 election, Kline said that they are "the beginning point, not the end point."
Fulton County Registration and Elections department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday evening.
Additional interesting facts in the Fulton County records include:
- The grant request submitted in summer 2020 asked for money for December and January Senate run-off elections, which were not even scheduled or assured to occur.
- Despite more money being spent in the grant report than the grant extension request, the report claims less money was spent in polling place rental and cleaning expenses, temporary staffing support, and vote-by-mail/absentee voting equipment or supplies
- Requested funding for "Early voting mega site in south Fulton," where "predominantly black, predominantly Democrat, lines were longer than in precincts in north Fulton. Democrats outvoted Republicans 4-1 in the June Primary."
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Arizona GOP chairwoman rejects election audit attacks: 'World-class experts' conducting review
"The experts that they hired to do this audit ... the left is trying to discredit them and belittle them and really besmirch their abilities," Dr. Kelli Ward said.
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Arizona GOP chairwoman rejects election audit attacks: 'World-class experts' conducting review
"The experts that they hired to do this audit ... the left is trying to discredit them and belittle them and really besmirch their abilities," Dr. Kelli Ward said.
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By Natalia Mittelstadt
Updated: May 6, 2021 - 12:07am
Amid the Maricopa County election audit, former Arizona state Sen. Kelli Ward on Wednesday called biased media and misreporting "un-American."
"It is not the First Amendment," Ward, chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, also said on the "John Solomon Reports' podcast.
While discussing the 2020 election audit and what she considers the media's biased portrayal of election integrity laws, Ward also told Solomon, "The free press is what is supposed to protect us as the citizenry from corruption in any part of our government, not in one party versus another. They're supposed to tell us the truth so that we can think about it, we can digest it, and we can make our own decisions. And that's been taken away."
"Look at Facebook and their so-called commission that I think it's made up of communists and anti-American, anti-free speech zealots, who have now permanently banned the former president of the United States of America from their platform, when they still have terrorists — they still have leaders of countries that have no human rights whatsoever, who are able to spout off on their platform. And the former president, who, you know, still hasn't conceded the 2020 election, is not able to communicate with the masses. It's unconscionable," continued Ward, referring to Trump being banned from major social media sites including Facebook and Twitter.
Ward also explained the process for the Maricopa County election audit, ordered by the GOP-controlled state Senate.
"We're looking for objective information about what happened,"she said. "So we aren't just doing a simple run the ballots back through the same machine and see if the numbers match up on the tape, from the zero to what we expect it to be.
"There's a full hand-count going on of 2.1 million ballots. So there are teams that are looking at every single paper ballot, and they're deciding, you know, what that ballot -- how it was cast, and they are tabulating those, so it takes a lot of time."
The experts that they hired to do this audit, you know, the left is trying to discredit them and belittle them and really besmirch their abilities, they are world-class experts at doing the work that is being done in Arizona. And so we're not just looking at the paper ballots, we're looking at the paper, we're looking to make sure that those ballots are legitimate, and at the machinery to make sure that the hardware, the software, the logs, etc., were also legitimate. So we'll see what we find … they're going to give the report to the State Senate and the State Senate will let us know."
Ward said the purpose of the audit is to "find the truth behind what happened."
"And, you know, over 50% of Americans believe that there was funny business in 2020,"she said. "And I think anybody should want to know what happened in that election, especially when we had record turnout, maybe more than 100% turnout in many places across the country.
"We have to know what happened in that election so that no funny business ever happens again, and people can have confidence that when they cast their vote, it's going to be counted, it's going to be counted once, and it's going to be counted for the person that they filled in the bubble for or pushed the button for."
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DOJ Civil Rights Division threatens to get involved in Arizona Audit…
Posted by Kane on May 5, 2021 11:46 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is asking Arizona Senate President Karen Fann to respond to concerns the department has about the security of ballots and potential voter intimidation as the Senate’s contractors perform an audit of November’s presidential election in Maricopa County.
In a letter sent to Fann on Wednesday, Pamela S. Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general in the division, asked for Fann’s response to its concerns with an explanation of “the steps that the Arizona Senate will take to ensure that violations of federal law do not occur” during the audit.
The department’s concerns may have been prompted in part by a letter it received Thursday from three organizations, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, asking the department to dispatch federal monitors to oversee the audit. That letter raised the same concerns that the department said it has, regarding the security of ballots and potential voter intimidation.
Karlan wrote that the department had reviewed “news reports and complaints regarding the procedures being used for this audit” and was first concerned by a number of reports suggesting the ballots, machines and voter information are no longer under the control of state and local elections officials, aren’t being kept secure, and are at risk of “being lost, stolen, altered, compromised or destroyed.”
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Department of Justice asks Arizona Senate to respond to concerns about election audit
The Department of Justice is asking Arizona Senate President Karen Fann to respond to concerns about ballot security and potential voter intimidation.
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is asking Arizona Senate President Karen Fann to respond to concerns the department has about the security of ballots and potential voter intimidation as the Senate's contractors perform an audit of November's presidential election in Maricopa County.
In a letter sent to Fann on Wednesday, Pamela S. Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general in the division, asked for Fann's response to its concerns with an explanation of "the steps that the Arizona Senate will take to ensure that violations of federal law do not occur" during the audit.
The department's concerns may have been prompted in part by a letter it received Thursday from three organizations, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, asking the department to dispatch federal monitors to oversee the audit. That letter raised the same concerns that the department said it has, regarding the security of ballots and potential voter intimidation.
The Arizona Senate got the county's 2.1 million ballots, voting machines and private and public voter information last month after issuing subpoenas to the county that a court ultimately upheld.
The Senate then handed over the ballots, machines and information to private contractors to perform the audit, which began at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on April 23 and is ongoing.
The audit has three aspects:
- Attempting to recount all ballots cast in the election.
- Examining the voting machines to see whether votes were counted correctly.
- Reviewing voter information for potential voter fraud.
Karlan wrote that the department had reviewed "news reports and complaints regarding the procedures being used for this audit" and was first concerned by a number of reports suggesting the ballots, machines and voter information are no longer under the control of state and local elections officials, aren't being kept secure, and are at risk of "being lost, stolen, altered, compromised or destroyed."
"Federal law creates a duty to safeguard and preserve federal election records," Karlan wrote, citing specific provisions of the law.
Audit lawsuit settlement: Democrats settle with Senate, Cyber Ninjas
The department's second main concern, Karlan wrote, involves the contractors' plan for how it will attempt to verify voter information and who voted in the election.
Cyber Ninjas, the Senate's main contractor, said in its work plan to the Senate that it would be reaching out to voters through a “combination of phone calls and physical canvassing” to “collect information of whether the individual voted in the election."
This raises concerns of voter intimidation, which is illegal under federal law, Karlan wrote.
Federal law says that no one can or threaten to "intimidate, threaten, or coerce" someone for voting or for encouraging someone else to vote.
"Past experience with similar investigative efforts around the country has raised concerns that they can be directed at minority voters, which potentially can implicate the anti-intimidation prohibitions of the Voting Rights Act," Karlan wrote. "Such investigative efforts can have a significant intimidating effect on qualified voters that can deter them from seeking to vote in the future."
Fann told The Arizona Republic that the Senate's attorney is preparing a response.
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Wendy Rogers Issues Stern Warning to the DOJ Advising Them Not to Interfere in the Arizona Election Audit - Media Right News
It was reported today that the U.S. Department of Justice is asking Arizona State Senate President Karen Fann (R) to explain what steps she’s taking to make sure the electionContinue Reading
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WENDY ROGERS ISSUES STERN WARNING TO THE DOJ ADVISING THEM NOT TO INTERFERE IN THE ARIZONA ELECTION AUDIT
BY: DAVID CARON
ON: MAY 5, 2021
It was reported today that the U.S. Department of Justice is asking Arizona State Senate President Karen Fann (R) to explain what steps she’s taking to make sure the election audit she ordered doesn’t violate federal laws prohibiting voter intimidation and requiring ballots be preserved.
Pamela Karlan, the principal deputy assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sent a letter to Fann that said the department had two major concerns with the audit.
AZ State Senator Wendy Rogers (R) tweeted an article reporting on the situation and issued a stern warning to the DOJ advising them not to interfere in the audit.
“‘Justice’ Department – you need to stay in your lane. Do not touch Arizona ballots or machines unless you want to spend time in an Arizona prison,” Rogers said in the tweet.
In the letter, Karlan asked Fann to respond to her concerns and to explain what steps the Senate is taking to ensure the audit doesn’t violate federal laws and Fann said that the Senate’s attorney is preparing a response for DOJ.
From the AZ Mirror:
First, Karlan said federal law requires state and local election officials to safeguard and preserve election records. She expressed concern that Maricopa County election officials are no longer in control of ballots, election systems and other materials.
If the Senate designates someone else to serve as a custodian for election records, which must be maintained for 22 months, the Civil Rights Act of 1960 requires “administrative procedures be in place giving election officers ultimate management authority over the retention and security of those election records, including the right to physically access” them, Karlan wrote.
“We have a concern that Maricopa County election records, which are required by federal law to be retained and preserved, are no longer under the ultimate control of elections officials, are not being adequately safeguarded by contractors, and are at risk of damage or loss,” Karlan said in her letter.
Maricopa County officials wouldn’t allow the Senate to conduct its audit at county facilities, and have refused to participate in any way. The audit is being overseen by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based cybersecurity company with no experience in elections.
The other concern cited in the letter involved possible violations of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The statement of work for Cyber Ninjas called for the audit to “identify voter registrations that did not make sense” and knock on voters’ doors to confirm their registration information, as well as plans to conduct an audit of voting history in at least three precincts “with a high number of anomalies.” Those plans would require audit workers to visit the homes of voters to determine whether they voted in the 2020 general election.
Karlan said that raises concerns that audit workers might engage in voter intimidation in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
“Past experience with similar investigative efforts around the country has raised concerns that they can be directed at minority voters, which potentially can implicate the anti-intimidation prohibitions of the Voting Rights Act. Such investigative efforts can have a significant intimidating effect on qualified voters that can deter them from seeking to vote in the future,” Karlan wrote.
National File reported earlier the Arizona Democrats have reached a settlement in the lawsuit that they filed with the firm involved in the audit and the Senate Republicans that will see the firm, Cyber Ninjas, cease verifying the signatures on early voting envelopes with the signatures on file from the voter.
From National File:
According to the settlement, Cyber Ninjas “and their agents will not compare signatures on early ballot envelopes with signatures from the voter registration file and the Senate defendants warrant and represent that they are not currently comparing signatures on early ballot envelopes with signatures from the voter registration file, and will notify Plaintiffs within 48hours of any decision to undertake such signature comparison and afford Plaintiffs 48 hours to respond to resolve any concerns.”
“If the parties cannot resolve the issue in a mutually agreeable manner, Plaintiffs may seek emergency injunctive and/or declaratory relief in court to seek compliance with the law.”
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Philip Stark Chosen as Third and Final Member for Windham, NH Forensic Audit -- a California Mathematician Who Made Headlines After Resigning from Verified Voting | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
The New Hampshire House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to agree to perform a forensic audit on Windham County voting machines after a recound found that the machines shorted every Republican candidate nearly 6 percent of their votes.
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Philip Stark Chosen as Third and Final Member for Windham, NH Forensic Audit — a California Mathematician Who Made Headlines After Resigning from Verified Voting
By Jim Hoft
Published May 6, 2021 at 9:10am
The New Hampshire House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to agree to perform a forensic audit on Windham County voting machines after a recount found that the machines shorted every Republican candidate nearly 6 percent of their votes.
Then last week the city leaders voted for the first member of the audit team.
Bruce Breton, one of Windham’s Selectman, was the only city Selectman who did not vote for Mark Lindeman for the upcoming forensic audit. Bruce voted for computer expert Jovan Pulitzer to be Windham’s forensic analyst.
Last Monday night, the Windham Board of Selectmen held a public meeting to discuss their choice of an analyst for the forensic audit team that will investigate the largest discrepancy between machine and hand counts for any election in the history of New Hampshire. At the meeting, 3 of the 4 selectmen announced their support for the team of Dr. Andrew Appel and Mark Lindeman’s Verified Voting.
It was discovered the next morning that New Hampshire officials selected an operative who alleged the election fraud claims were fake and worked to try to get the Maricopa County audit shut down earlier in the month!
This letter denouncing the Arizona audit WAS SIGNED by Mark Lindeman from Verified Voting!
So the local officials in Windham picked Mark Lindeman who is a far-left operative who has NO RESPECT for the auditing process at all and believes it is unnecessary!
On Saturday a reader tipped us off to another indictment of Mark Lindeman and Verified Voting.
According to an article at Fast Company back in December 2019, a year before the 2020 election, two experts working with Mark Lindeman and Verified Voting quit the organization over claims it was untrustworthy and was providing cover for the companies that make and sell the voting machines.
This was public knowledge and the Windham Selectmen obviously knew about this before they picked the allegedly corrupt organization to audit the 2020 Windham election results.
Mark Lindeman has also been accused of being a toady for the voting machine companies.
Then on Monday New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner chose the second investigator for the Windham audit.
Despite calls and emails from New Hampshire residents to choose Jovan Pulitzer, Gardner disappointed his constituents and chose Harri Hursti, who has years of experience investigating voting machines.
Harri Hursti is (or was) also an Advisory Board member for Verified Voting which is also very concerning.
On Wednesday the two audit teams selected the third member for their forensic audit.
The Lindeman and Hursti teams chose another flack linked to Verified Voting.
Philip Stark was chosen as the third auditor to round out the process.
Via The New Hampshire Department of Justice:
Philip Stark is a University of California mathematician who made headlines when he resigned from Verified Voting in 2019.
Alternet reported on Stark back in 2019.
Stark is the third member of the Windham audit team.
EVERY MEMBER has connections to the controversial Verified Voting organization.
There is also a petition out to remove Lindeman and Verified Voting as an auditor in the process.
We will continue to follow these developments.
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BREAKING: Maricopa County Did not Have 'Admin' Access to the 2020 Election - This Means They Ceded Ownership of Election to Their Outside System Provider | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft
It would likely be impossible to run an election without these. The Maricopa County Election team claims they do not have ‘Admin’ access to their voting machines. If this is the case, then the County did not own the election process they ceded it to their external vendor.
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BREAKING: Maricopa County Did not Have ‘Admin’ Access to the 2020 Election – This Means They Ceded Ownership of Election to Their Outside System Provider
By Joe Hoft
Published May 6, 2021 at 11:30am
It would likely be impossible to run an election without these. The Maricopa County Election team claims they do not have ‘Admin’ access to their voting machines. If this is the case, then the County did not own the election process they ceded it to their external vendor.
A system administrator has the following duties:
System administrators are critical to the reliable and successful operation of an organization and its network operations center and data center. A sysadmin must have expertise with the system’s underlying platform (i.e., Windows, Linux) as well as be familiar with multiple areas including networking, backup, data restoration, IT security, database operations, middleware basics, load balancing, and more.
Sysadmin tasks are not limited to server management, maintenance, and repair, but also any functions that support a smoothly running production environment with minimal (or no) complaints from customers and end users.
System administrators are individuals who have access to the systems at their highest levels. These individuals are able to perform all sorts of duties. They are able to perform most all the functions and changes in a system. They have complete and total control and can even delete or alter system logs.
The fact that the County does not have system administrators who have administrative access to the Dominion voting machines is a big concern. By allowing Dominion to have the administration access only, the County has basically turned over the system to the Dominion voting machine system people. There is no IT control here because that’s been ceded to Dominion.
By the way, in general, most frauds that include IT-related processes have at least one IT person involved in the fraud.
See the video below with OAN and Steve Bannon:
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This shows that the election was not run by the County, it was in essence subcontracted to Dominion which is likely not provided for in the law. The election function should be run by County election employees, not some subcontractor.
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One can see how this will be found by the auditors:
Wot fraud...
Truthfully, Joe Biden himself would be a better auditor. At least with Joe there would be a "randomness" in outcome.
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BREAKING: 'External Devices' With Up-to-Date Vote Totals Were Taken Offsite Nightly During the Election by Maricopa County or Dominion Employees | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft
More corrupt and suspicious acts performed by the Maricopa County election team and/or vendor have come to light. Dr.
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BREAKING: ‘External Devices’ With Up-to-Date Vote Totals Were Taken Offsite Nightly During the Election by Maricopa County or Dominion Employees
By Joe Hoft
Published May 6, 2021 at 7:10am
More corrupt and suspicious acts performed by the Maricopa County election team and/or vendor have come to light. Dr. Kelli Ward says that devices that held data during the election in Maricopa County were snuck offsite nightly.
Per Republican Chairwoman Kelli Ward, Maricopa County Director of Election Day And Emergency Voting, Scott Jarrett, said that the orange devices in the picture above were external drives that were loaded nightly with early vote totals and taken offsite to an undisclosed location for safety by an employer or a Dominion contractor working for Maricopa County.
Scott Jarrett claims on his LinkedIn profile to have been an auditor before stepping into his current role in Maricopa County. He also claims to have a CIA designation which stands for Certified Internal Auditor.
Having the CIA, Jarrett would surely see that it was not alright moving any devices like the ones identified in the picture above from an onsite location.
Also, the entire fact that these devices were included in an election is also suspect.
Who handled these ‘external drives’, what was on them and where did they go? These questions should never even have to be asked in a well-designed and operating environment. Dr. Ward and Arizona have a right to be concerned about this design failure.
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EXCLUSIVE: Was Ryan Macias, Who Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Inserted Into the Maricopa Audit, a Trojan Horse? | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft
Was Ryan Macias, The National Democrat Machine’s Trojan Horse?
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By Joe Hoft
Published May 6, 2021 at 7:51am
Was Ryan Macias, The National Democrat Machine’s Trojan Horse?
Ryan Macias, the Democrat machine’s latest weapon deployed to take down the Arizona Senate’s forensic audit, lied the first time he got onto the floor of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the site of that audit. He brazenly stated he was a reporter. He was soon uncovered when he could not provide press credentials.
The frantic Democrats had run out of strategies to take down this audit. Lawsuits, nonprofit lawfare, delays, and threats at all stages were not doing the trick. Enter an unknown, a guy named Ryan Macias.
The Democratic Party desperately needed this guy, an expert witness with, allegedly, “subject matter expertise in election technology [and] security,” on that floor so they could trump up some reasons and haul the Arizona Senate back to court to delay and possibly sabotage and destroy this forensic audit of the 2020 Maricopa County election.
Yesterday, a six-page, letter was delivered to Ken Bennett, Senate Audit Liaison and former Arizona Secretary of State from current Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D). It demanded in imperious tones, as all the election integrity letters from these Democrats do, immediate fixes to the audit process, or they, that is the Arizona Senate, would be back in court.
Macias, who runs a two+-year-old, for-profit outfit called RSM Election Solutions – found another way to get onto that floor, through none other than Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is clearly waging a vicious war against this audit, despite being the state’s Chief Election Official and required to be nonpartisan in the execution of her duties.
Being nonpartisan in name only, Hobbs has referred to this audit on her Twitter page as “#fraudit.”
It is well-known that Hobbs, a Democrat, was supported in her election to this post by plenty of George Soros dollars.
She was able to manipulate the process at this late stage (why couldn’t she have done this weeks earlier?) and got Macias’ name added onto a list of three audit “observers,” recently mandated by the court.
The other two observers Hobbs selected are Jennifer Morrell, with Protect Democracy (aka Protect Democracy Project) and Liz Howard with the Brennan Center for Justice.
Democrat Letters Demanding the Audit Be Terminated
This, however, is not the first time he, Macias, has appeared in this Maricopa County forensic audit war the Dems are waging against election integrity.
Macias very quietly added his name to not one but two different threatening letters, out of four sent by Democrat-controlled, activist, progressive nonprofits.
The first, sent on April 6 to the four audit teams, was from the rabidly-Democratic, anti-Trump nonprofit, the Protect Democracy Project (same as above), Hillary attorney Marc Elias’ Perkins Coie, and two Arizona firms, Coppersmith Brockelman out of Phoenix and Barton Mendez Soto out of Tempe.
The second, sent on April 13 this time directly to AZ Senate President Karen Fann, was sent by the Brennan Center for Justice (the same as above), Verified Voting, The Carter Center, and an unknown entity on the letterhead called RSM Election Solutions.
Two of those three nonprofits are well-known for being supported by George Soros. The Brennan Center has long been the top-tier U.S. election nonprofit choice of Soros and his secretive, progressive billionaires club, the Democracy Alliance (DA).
The Capital Research Center states:
Leftist mega-donor George Soros’s Open Society Institute (OSI) has been the Brennan Center’s largest funder. From 2005 to 2009, OSI gave $4,571,000 to BCJ.
Verified Voting (VV), with two well-known computer scientist board members resigning in late 2019, has been recently exposed as having its board president, Barbara Simons, Ph.D., serving concurrently on the board of Soros’ powerful Democracy Alliance!
RSM Election Solutions, Macias’ business, does not fit in at all with these nonprofits! His is a for-profit, money-making outfit and is at direct odds with the fundamental purpose of tax-exempt charities. Its presence was a strange anomaly in this letter. Furthermore, the letterhead stated “RSM Election Solutions” but it was signed below by Ryan Macias as “RSM Election Technologies.”
It’s ironic that Macias can’t even get the name of his own business straight?
The third threatening letter, sent on April 22 again to Fann, was expanded in threat level and signed this time by 20 entities. Again, Ryan Macias’s business was an anomaly, among nonprofits and academics. This letter included two reps of the Brennan Center, four names which we could connect back to Verified Voting, the Protect Democracy Project again, The Carter Center again, and big names in the Democratic “election integrity” field, many of whom also receive Soros dollars, such as Common Cause, the Democracy Fund Voice and the National Vote at Home Institute.
The final letter, this mother of all threats from a Democrat-controlled nonprofit’s perspective, was sent to the Voting Section, Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In years past, this governmental arm used to actually support civil rights’ enforcement with an even and well-tempered hand.
Not any more. Since the Obama years, attorneys in this division were replaced with activists and SJW lawyers who have been utilized to wage nasty war upon political opponents. Civil rights became a weapon to wield not a means to justice.
This final letter, sent on April 29, eight-pages long, was signed by just three nonprofits: the Brennan Center, the Protect Democracy Project and the mother of all civil rights nonprofits in the United States, the Education Fund of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR). This nonprofit has, itself 224+ nonprofit members, giants in the civil rights arena, many of whom have state chapters, all networked together. The activist, grassroots, progressive power of this organization, is phenomenal.
Again, many, many, many of these nonprofits receive support from George Soros, his Democracy Alliance, and from the private family foundations of progressive billionaires intent on secretly implementing socialism and one-party rule in the U.S.
These are the warfare guns being pointed at the Arizona Senate: a cabal of partisan nonprofits that have been weaponized to do the work of their Democrat and progressive donors.
In comes the dastardly Ryan Macias
Clearly, Ryan Macias was not unknown to SoS Hobbs. Somehow, he ended up slipped into these two letters, creating the appearance that he was just one of the gang, one of the do-gooder nonprofits doing their thing. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Lying couldn’t get Ryan Macias onto the floor of the audit, so he got himself inserted onto the floor of the Maricopa County audit as a guest of the Secretary of State.
Macias and Hobbs – or Macias and the NFP cabal, hard to know which- clearly cooked it up that he would become one of Hobbs’ “observers” on the floor.
Hobbs did not utilize people from her own office in Arizona, which should anger the people of Arizona! She picked Ryan Macias, along with, guess who, the Brennan Center and the Protect Democracy Project!
SoS Hobbs played political hardball for the national Democratic machine and delivered the national, expert, top-ranking nonprofit election hit team in her attempt to sabotage, take down, and destroy election integrity and this forensic audit.
Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward said “a group of ‘experts’, (The Brennan Center and The Protect Democracy Project) wrote a letter asking the DOJ to send Federal monitors to ‘observe’ the Arizona audit. She describes them as ‘aggressive, dirty, back-room players’ who work with BLM and Marxist groups intent on destroying our nation.”
At some point Macias went from being an unknown name on pieces of paper, those two threatening letters, to actually showing up on the ground, in person, in Phoenix, Arizona.
What happened? The Trojan Horse, with alleged expertise in election technology and security, Ryan Macias, actually got his feet onto the floor of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and his hands and eyes into the operations. A couple of days later, a six-page letter found its way to the Arizona Senate’s representative, Ken Bennett, with demands that they fix the terrible things which were witnessed by Hobbs’ three observers – the two nonprofit election integrity thugs and Ryan Macias – or else they would end up back in court.
This is what the Democrats’ objective was all along. Get somebody with election technology and security expertise of some sort onto the floor of the audit and then let the sabotage begin. He, Macias, could then testify in front of a judge, as an expert witness, what he saw on the floor of the forensic audit. Macias was the Democrats’ Trojan Horse.
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Democrats Draft Legislation to Erect Permanent ‘Insurrection Memorial’. » The National Pulse+
House Democrats introduced a bill to erect a permanent “Attack On The Capitol” exhibit on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. Co-sponsored by nearly 20 Democrats, the bill, dubbed the Capitol Remembrance Act, would “direct the Architect of the Capitol to design and install in the United States...
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Democrats Draft Legislation To Erect Permanent ‘Insurrection Memorial’.
House Democrats introduced a bill to erect a permanent “Attack On The Capitol” exhibit on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.
Co-sponsored by nearly 20 Democrats, the bill, dubbed the Capitol Remembrance Act, would “direct the Architect of the Capitol to design and install in the United States Capitol an exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021.”
The bill specifies that the project must be installed in a “prominent location” and retain a “permanent” status. Property “damaged during the attack,” photographs, and a plaque honoring the “sacrifice of heroes, including United States Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick” are among the exhibit requirements. Officer Sicknick, however, died of natural causes according to D.C.’s Chief Medical Examiner.
“The Architect may include artwork created to depict the attack on the Capitol,” the bill adds.
The legislation adds to the Democratic party’s continued exploitation of the events on January 6th, epitomized by President Biden, who recently referred to the event as “worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War” and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who professed she thought she “was going to die” when Trump supporters entered the U.S. Capitol despite the fact the congresswoman was in an entirely different building at the time of the attack.
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Maricopa County withholding subpoenaed hardware from election audit, citing alleged 'security risk'
Surrendering the materials could "put the lives of law enforcement personnel at risk."
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Maricopa County withholding subpoenaed hardware from election audit, citing alleged 'security risk'
Surrendering the materials could "put the lives of law enforcement personnel at risk."
By Daniel Payne
Updated: May 6, 2021 - 1:12pm
Officials in Arizona's Maricopa County are withholding materials subpoenaed by the state legislature as part of its audit of the county's 2020 election, claiming that surrendering them would constitute a security risk for both law enforcement and federal agencies.
A Monday letter sent from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to Ken Bennett, the former Arizona secretary of state and the liaison between the state Senate and the auditors, said the county had elected not to turn over "several routers" requested by the legislature due to an alleged "significant security risk to law enforcement data utilized by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as well as numerous federal agencies."
"We had previously believed that the risk would be eliminated by redacting the law enforcement data on the routers and not producing it," the letter states. "But we were informed that redaction did not eliminate the risk."
Bennett told Just the News that the state Senate's subpoena had requested "access or control of all routers and tabulators ... used in connection with the administration of the 2020 election" as well as "the public IP of the [routers]."
"I don't know why the routers in a tabulation and election center have anything to do with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office or numerous federal agencies," Bennett said, noting that "the sheriff's department and the Maricopa County tabulation and election center aren't even in the same building."
Maricopa County spokesman Fields Moseley on Thursday afternoon said the county had "determined the information contained in Maricopa County's routers can be used as blueprints to intercept sensitive county data."
"Maricopa County has more than 50 different county departments, and the routers the Senate subpoena commanded the County produce support all of these departments, not just elections operations," Moseley said. "This includes critical law enforcement data that, by law, cannot be disclosed, as well as Maricopa County residents' protected health information and full social security numbers."
"By providing the routers, or even virtual images of routers, sensitive data and the lives of law enforcement personnel could be endangered," he added, stating that the routers "remain in the county's custody for the time being."
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Do routers actually contain any data beyond, perhaps, logs on traffic connections? Not the actual traffic? Wouldn’t that just be on the servers?Maricopa County withholding subpoenaed hardware from election audit, citing alleged 'security risk'
Surrendering the materials could "put the lives of law enforcement personnel at risk."
Maricopa County withholding subpoenaed hardware from election audit, citing alleged 'security risk'
Surrendering the materials could "put the lives of law enforcement personnel at risk."
By Daniel Payne
Updated: May 6, 2021 - 1:12pm
Officials in Arizona's Maricopa County are withholding materials subpoenaed by the state legislature as part of its audit of the county's 2020 election, claiming that surrendering them would constitute a security risk for both law enforcement and federal agencies.
A Monday letter sent from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to Ken Bennett, the former Arizona secretary of state and the liaison between the state Senate and the auditors, said the county had elected not to turn over "several routers" requested by the legislature due to an alleged "significant security risk to law enforcement data utilized by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as well as numerous federal agencies."
"We had previously believed that the risk would be eliminated by redacting the law enforcement data on the routers and not producing it," the letter states. "But we were informed that redaction did not eliminate the risk."
Bennett told Just the News that the state Senate's subpoena had requested "access or control of all routers and tabulators ... used in connection with the administration of the 2020 election" as well as "the public IP of the [routers]."
"I don't know why the routers in a tabulation and election center have anything to do with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office or numerous federal agencies," Bennett said, noting that "the sheriff's department and the Maricopa County tabulation and election center aren't even in the same building."
Maricopa County spokesman Fields Moseley on Thursday afternoon said the county had "determined the information contained in Maricopa County's routers can be used as blueprints to intercept sensitive county data."
"Maricopa County has more than 50 different county departments, and the routers the Senate subpoena commanded the County produce support all of these departments, not just elections operations," Moseley said. "This includes critical law enforcement data that, by law, cannot be disclosed, as well as Maricopa County residents' protected health information and full social security numbers."
"By providing the routers, or even virtual images of routers, sensitive data and the lives of law enforcement personnel could be endangered," he added, stating that the routers "remain in the county's custody for the time being."
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Election Integrity Bill into Law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed an election integrity bill, SB 90, on Thursday, which implements a number of election safeguards.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Election Integrity Bill into Law
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed an election integrity bill, SB 90, on Thursday, which implements a number of safeguards to protect elections in the Sunshine State, including limits on ballot box drop boxes, enhancements on voter ID requirements, and additional restrictions on voting by mail and ballot harvesting.
The Republican governor signed the bill into law during an exclusive broadcast on Fox & Friends.
“Me signing this bill here says, ‘Florida, your vote counts. Your vote is going to cast with integrity and transparency, and this is a great place for democracy,'” DeSantis said:
The bill itself prohibits the mass mailing of ballots — a point of national contention in the 2020 presidential election — while banning ballot harvesting, strengthening voter identification, and preventing “private money from administering elections in our state,” per a summary from the governor’s office:
“Florida took action this legislative session to increase transparency and strengthen the security of our elections,” DeSantis said in a statement. “Floridians can rest assured that our state will remain a leader in ballot integrity.”
Elections, he continued, should be “free and fair,” adding the changes will “ensure this continues to be the case in the Sunshine State.”
Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) recognized Florida as a “model for the nation” in the last election and explained SB 90 effectively codifies provisions of DeSantis’s executive order “that were largely credited as a reason Florida’s 2020 general election went so smoothly, and why results were available much quicker in Florida than in many other states.”
SB 90 originally passed in the Senate 23-17 and the House 77-40. Election integrity advocates, including Heritage Action, have already praised the measure.
“These measures, which Heritage Action advocated for and partnered with thousands of grassroots activists to support, will help ensure it is easy to vote and hard to cheat in Florida,” Executive Director Jessica Anderson said.
Democrats panicked following the legislature’s passage of the bill, with state Rep. Omari Hardy, a Democrat, referring to the measure as the “revival of Jim Crow in this state.”
The vast majority of recent polls show Americans supporting basic election integrity measures, such as voter ID.
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White House Condemns FL Election Security Law Signed by Ron DeSantis
The White House condemned a new voting security law signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis R) on Thursday.
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White House Condemns Florida Election Security Law Signed by Ron DeSantis
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The White House condemned a new election security law signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday.
“Florida is moving in the wrong direction,” Deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said to reporters aboard Air Force One.
DeSantis signed the bill Thursday morning which puts limits on ballot box drop boxes, voting by mail, and ballot harvesting, while also enhancing voter ID requirements.
“Me signing this bill here says, ‘Florida, your vote counts. Your vote is going to cast with integrity and transparency, and this is a great place for democracy,’” DeSantis said at a signing ceremony for the bill.
Jean-Pierre argued the 2020 presidential election was “one of the most secure elections in American history,” despite Republican concerns about significant changes to the voting rules due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“There’s no legitimate reason to change the rules right now to make it harder to vote,” she said. “That’s built on a lie.”
Jean-Pierre also criticized Republicans across the country for passing new laws to secure the election, accusing them of trying to prevent Democrats from voting.
“The only reason to change the rules right now is if you don’t like who voted and that should be out of bounds,” she said.
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Joy Behar on The View was bitching about the loss of voting access just this morning, while WaPo was bemoaning the new voting restrictions adding hurdles to the voting process.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Election Integrity Bill into Law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed an election integrity bill, SB 90, on Thursday, which implements a number of election safeguards.www.breitbart.com
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Election Integrity Bill into Law
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HANNAH BLEAU6 May 20211,989
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed an election integrity bill, SB 90, on Thursday, which implements a number of safeguards to protect elections in the Sunshine State, including limits on ballot box drop boxes, enhancements on voter ID requirements, and additional restrictions on voting by mail and ballot harvesting.
The Republican governor signed the bill into law during an exclusive broadcast on Fox & Friends.
“Me signing this bill here says, ‘Florida, your vote counts. Your vote is going to cast with integrity and transparency, and this is a great place for democracy,'” DeSantis said:
The bill itself prohibits the mass mailing of ballots — a point of national contention in the 2020 presidential election — while banning ballot harvesting, strengthening voter identification, and preventing “private money from administering elections in our state,” per a summary from the governor’s office:
“Florida took action this legislative session to increase transparency and strengthen the security of our elections,” DeSantis said in a statement. “Floridians can rest assured that our state will remain a leader in ballot integrity.”
Elections, he continued, should be “free and fair,” adding the changes will “ensure this continues to be the case in the Sunshine State.”
Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) recognized Florida as a “model for the nation” in the last election and explained SB 90 effectively codifies provisions of DeSantis’s executive order “that were largely credited as a reason Florida’s 2020 general election went so smoothly, and why results were available much quicker in Florida than in many other states.”
SB 90 originally passed in the Senate 23-17 and the House 77-40. Election integrity advocates, including Heritage Action, have already praised the measure.
“These measures, which Heritage Action advocated for and partnered with thousands of grassroots activists to support, will help ensure it is easy to vote and hard to cheat in Florida,” Executive Director Jessica Anderson said.
Democrats panicked following the legislature’s passage of the bill, with state Rep. Omari Hardy, a Democrat, referring to the measure as the “revival of Jim Crow in this state.”
The vast majority of recent polls show Americans supporting basic election integrity measures, such as voter ID.
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If you can buy beer, you can vote. Simple enough?
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A guillotine would work.
It worked for the French Revolution.
And worked well for Robespierre when the Thermidorians turned against the Jacobins.
It might even be useful. Most of the light poles are underground now.
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Drawing and quartering is tre cool. Got a few friends?
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Zerohedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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Maricopa County Defies Subpoena, Won't Release Hardware For Election Audit Over 'Security Risk'
THURSDAY, MAY 06, 2021 - 02:08 PM
Update (1400ET): Wow, something must be really worrying Democrats?
There appears to be a full court press effort to delay and defer any and every effort to audit Maricopa County's election results. The Biden justice department added to pressure from Arizona's chief elections officer (a Democrat) and the Arizona Democratic Party, and now, Daniel Payne at JustTheNews.com reports that officials in Arizona's Maricopa County are withholding materials subpoenaed by the state legislature as part of its audit of the county's 2020 election, claiming that surrendering them would constitute a security risk for both law enforcement and federal agencies.
A Monday letter sent from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to Ken Bennett, the former Arizona secretary of state and the liaison between the state Senate and the auditors, said the county had elected not to turn over "several routers" requested by the legislature due to an alleged "significant security risk to law enforcement data utilized by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as well as numerous federal agencies."
Given that President Biden is the most popular president ever and we know from the mainstream media that there was no, none, zip, nada, election fraud anywhere in America, why are Democrats so aggressively interfering in the process of auditing the county's election?
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Update (1300ET): Shortly after Arizona's top elections officer raised concerns about the Maricopa County election audit process, the Biden Department of Justice piled on, expressing concern about ballot security and potential voter intimidation.
As AP reports, in a letter to GOP Senate President Karen Fann, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said the Senate's farming out of 2.1 million ballots from the state's most populous county to a contractor may run afoul of federal law requiring ballots to remain in the control of elections officials for 22 months.
And Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela S. Karlan said that the Senate contractor's plans to directly contact voters could amount to illegal voter intimidation.
So, Democrats play the race-card again?
Why are they so worried? They already told America there was no fraud?
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As The Epoch Times' Mimi Nguyen Ly detailed earlier, Arizona’s top elections officer Katie Hobbs on Wednesday alleged multiple points of concern regarding the forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election currently underway in Maricopa County.
In a letter (pdf) to former Secretary of State Ken Bennett, a Republican who is the state Senate’s liaison for the audit, Hobbs outlined 13 points of concern over how the audit is being run. This included seven points of concern over counting procedures that the state Senate and audit contractor Cyber Ninjas disclosed, as well as six points of concern over what her observers saw at the audit site.
Under terms of a lawsuit settlement filed on Wednesday, defendants Bennett, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, and the lead auditor, Florida-based Cyber Ninjas have 48 hours to respond to Hobbs’ concerns. If the concerns are not addressed, Hobbs could take them back to court for breach of contract.
The audit began on April 23 and continues at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, a venue the auditors have booked and secured until May 14.
Hobbs, a Democrat, alleged that the procedures governing the audit do not ensure accuracy, security, and transparency.
The Arizona Democratic Party filed a last-minute lawsuit against state Senate leadership to try to stop the audit from going ahead but their bid to immediately halt it was rebuffed by a judge. The settlement means the case has concluded.
The official Twitter account for the audit, run by Bennet’s team, said late on Wednesday that Hobbs “continues to make baseless claimes [sic] about this forensic audit but has never led an election audit in her entire career.”
The message declared, “The audit continues!”
The group furthermore encouraged Twitter users to retweet if they think audits are a state right. Another statement released later on Wednesday reads:
Bennett did not immediately respond to a request for comment over the contents of Hobbs’ letter.
He told the Arizona Capitol Times late Wednesday of Hobbs’ concerns, “I think that most of the things in her letter are completely unfounded. And the ones that have a little bit of legitimacy can be dealt with pretty easily.”
Bennett did not elaborate as to what concerns would fall into the latter category.
Real-time camera footage of Maricopa County’s large-scale audit of the 2020 election, Maricopa County, Ariz. (Screenshot/The Epoch Times)
Among the seven concerns based on the disclosed procedures, Hobbs alleged that there were “no procedures for hiring qualified, unbiased counters.” She noted that former State Representative Anthony Kern, a Republican, has been among the people counting the ballots in the audit.
Kern’s name is listed on the ballot “not only as a candidate for State Representative but as a Presidential Elector—the exact race for which he is counting,” Hobbs wrote, adding, “While these facts would be disqualifying in any professional recount or audit, unfortunately, there are additional reasons why Mr. Kern is not trustworthy to fulfill this role.”
Hobbs in her letter also took aim at a number of procedures that she said “appear better suited for chasing conspiracy theories than as a part of a professional audit,” which included using UV lights to search for watermarks, measuring the thickness of ballots, searching for folds in ballots, and looking at ballots under a microscope.
She said these measures are “completely unnecessary steps if the goal of the audit is to validate the election results.”
She also questioned how tally sheets from ballot counters would be added up, and noted that her office had “received no real explanation” over the matter “other than that an accounting firm will handle it later.”
In addition to concerns over the disclosed procedures, Hobbs alleged in her letter that observers from her office have seen a number of problems, which include inadequate physical security of ballots, unattended computers at the forensic analysis tables, constantly changing rules in the audit procedures since the beginning of the audit, and “frequent violations” of the procedures that do exist.
The Arizona Republican-led Senate previously hired four out-of-state firms to carry out the audit, which are Wake Technology Services, CyFIR, Digital Discovery, and Cyber Ninjas.
The state Senate has said that the “broad and detailed” audit “will validate every area of the voting process” and includes, but is not limited to, scanning all the ballots, a full hand recount, auditing the voter registration and votes cast, the vote counts, and the electronic voting system. This includes examining some 2.1 million ballots, as well as voting equipment that includes 385 tabulators.
Bennett told The Epoch Times on Monday that the audit may last longer than originally planned. An analysis of the equipment used in the 2020 election was completed over the weekend, but reviewing other materials will need more time, he said.
President Joe Biden was the first Democratic presidential nominee to win Maricopa County in decades.
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Les Misérables | Do You Hear the People Sing?
•Dec 27, 2019
Universal Pictures
Do you hear the people sing? Singing the songs of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again!