Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

Arizona attorney general's office wants answers about 'myriad problems' faced by Maricopa County v**ers before results are certified

Before the results are certified, the Arizona attorney general's office wants answers about the bungled administration of the 2022 general e******n in Maricopa County. On Saturday, the AGO wrote to the Maricopa County attorney's affice, raising problems v**ers faced in b****t tabulators and b****t-on-demand printers, along with potential e******n law violations.

The AGO's demand for t***sparency came a day after Arizona's Cochise County board delayed certifying the e******n results and amid Kari Lake's continued insistence that she might still win.

What are the details?
In a Nov. 19 letter addressed to the Maricopa County attorney's office, Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright noted that the AGO's E******n Integrity Unit has received "hundreds of complaints ... pertaining to issues related to the administration of the 2022 General E******n in Maricopa County."

"These complaints go beyond pure speculation, but include first-hand witness accounts that raise concerns regarding Maricopa's lawful compliance with Arizona e******n law," wrote Wright.

On the basis of these complaints and the problematic administration of the e******n, Wright underscored how Arizonans "deserve a full report and accounting of the myriad problems" that occurred in Maricopa County on E******n Day.

In addition to v**ers' complaints, Wright indicated there was additional cause for concern, given that "statements made by both Chairman Gates and Recorder Richer, along with information Maricopa County released through official modes of communication appear to confirm potential statutory violations of [Arizona e******n law]."

Having invoked Arizona Revised Statutes Section 16-1021, which allows the attorney general to "enforce the provisions of this title through civil and criminal actions" in any e******n for state office, the AGO demanded answers about:

E******n Day b****t-on-demand printer configuration settings;
E******n Day "check-out" procedures; and the
apparent contravention of statutory guidelines and failure to segregate, count, tabulate, tally, and t***sport b****ts that v**ers were otherwise unable to have tabulated using on-site tabulators.
Wright requested that a response be given on or before Nov. 28.

Printer problems
Wright stated that at least 60 v****g locations had problems with their b****t-on-demand printers, "which appeared to have resulted in b****ts that were unable to be read by on-site b****t tabulators."
According to V**ebeat Arizona, v**e-counting machines had trouble tabulating b****ts on E******n Day "because the timing marks on the b****t — the black lines on the sides that tell the machine where the contests are located so the machine can tally the v**es — were not printing correctly. As a result, the machines were rejecting the b****ts."

Nearly 27% of the v****g centers (60 of the 223) were affected, generating longer wait times and confusion.

Nearly 17,000 Maricopa County v**ers (7% of all in-person v**ers) were reportedly "unable to watch machines tabulate their b****ts on-site" because of printing malfunctions.

Sworn complaints submitted by e******n workers employed by Maricopa County indicated the printers had been tested on Nov. 7 "without any apparent problems," Wright noted.

Notwithstanding successful tests the night before, the printers started to malfunction within the first 30 minutes of v****g on E******n Day.

County Supervisor Chairman Bill Gates said at the time, "There is no question this is frustrating. ... We don’t believe anyone has been disenfranchised."

Gates claimed over the weekend that the printer problems did not disproportionately affect "Republican-leaning areas."

The AGO's e******n integrity unit expects a report detailing:

the v****g centers that experienced these problems;
the specific problems at each location; any other printer issues that may have contributed to the problem;
a "comprehensive log of all changes to the [b****t-on-demand] printer configuration settings (to include the identity of individuals making changes)";
the county's standards for the printer configuration settings "as specified in internal technical specifications and/or manufacturer technical specifications"; and
other concerns.
Although the AGO made no claims of fraud or guilt regarding the printer errors, the questions asked appear open to the possibility of malfeasance and meddling.

'Check-out' problems
Wright referenced sworn complaints received by the e******n integrity unit, which indicated that v**ers had trouble checking out of v****g locations to cast their v**es at functional centers.

"Not only have have poll workers reported that they were not trained and/or not provided with information on how to execute 'check out' procedures, but many v**ers have reported the second v****g location required the v**er to cast a provisional b****t as the [virtual pollbook] maintained the v**er had cast a b****t in the original v****g location," Wright wrote in her letter.

This is troubling, suggested Wright, given "Arizona law specifically prohibits provisional b****ts to be counted when a v**er has signed multiple pollbooks."

The AGO requested a report detailing whether poll workers were properly trained on how to "check out" v**ers so that they could "lawfully v**e in another location" and all those v**ers who were provided a provisional b****t "due to having already signed an e-pollbook at another E******n Day v****g location.

'Door 3'
Wright's letter also presses the Maricopa County attorney's office to report on the fate of b****ts deposited at "Door 3."

Since tabulators were malfunctioning at multiple locations, affected v**ers were told to deposit their b****ts into a slot on a secure box at each location. According to V**ebeat Arizona, the boxes were labeled with a "3" sticker, hence the name "Door 3."

From there, Wright suggested that "non-tabulated b****ts were commingled with tabulated b****ts at the v****g location" prior to being taken to the central e******ns center.

One sworn complaint suggested that thousands of non-tabulated b****ts received at "Door 3" had been put in black duffle bags "intended to be used for tabulated b****ts."

Liddy, Lake respond
Thomas Liddy, the civil division chief at the Maricopa County attorney's office addressed in Wright's letter, told Fox News Digital that he will convene with his clients "and begin the process of gathering the materials necessary to respond. As you are undoubtedly aware, Ms. Wright is still working on the AG’s Final Report of the 2020 e******n. I am looking forward to receiving that as well."

After the AGO's letter went out, Kari Lake told the Daily Mail that the "way they run e******ns in Maricopa County is worse than in banana republics around this world."

The Associated Press called the race for Hobbs on Nov. 14. Lake trailed Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs by fewer than 18,000 v**es and has yet to concede defeat.

"I'll tell you what, I believe at the end of the day that this will be turned around, and I don't know what the solution will be, but I still believe I will become governor, and we are going to restore honesty to our e******ns," said Lake.

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microphor Loc: Home is TN

"A newspaper called the race"?

nonalien1 Loc: Mojave Desert

So much for safe and secure e******ns. Just the hint of wrong doing makes one question the integrity of the e******n. The fact that democratic contender for governor ran the e******n without recusing herself makes the whole thing suspect. In my humble opinion.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

Peaver Bogart Loc: Montana

You are so right. One lie = All lies.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

I believe that another crooked e******n by the Democrats could cause a shooting war quicker than anything else and it would be caused by the Democrats who don't want to clean up the v**er rolls by: removing dead and illegal names like people that have moved
requiring an acceptable ID to v**e, etc, etc.

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

Demoncrats....do not understand the "terminology"....E******n day criminal e******n!

Demoncrats...do not identify the term *criminal, with *demoncrat politicians

Demoncrats, do not understand 'Morality, Integrity, decent human behavior, God & Country, & "Family values"...

"Non silba sed anther"....[ Not for self, but for others}

Soon..."WE"...will be gone...But our 'offspring, remains, to "deal with our questionable behavior!