Lawsuit over Sharpie-marked ballots in AZ to be dropped

[struggle4progress]

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS - 11/07/20 06:27 PM EST

Republicans on Saturday dropped a lawsuit filed in Arizona over Sharpie-marked ballots ...

Some voters in the Grand Canyon State had sued Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes (D), the county Board of Supervisors and other county officials alleging that Sharpies were given to voters and that the ink bled through and damaged the ballots.

The Trump campaign, the Arizona Democratic Party and the Republican National Committee all got involved in the case ...

Maricopa County tweeted, “Sharpies are not a problem for our tabulation equipment, and the offset columns on ballots ensure that bleed through won’t impact your vote” ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/524979-republican-lawsuit-over-sharpie-marked-ballots-in-arizona-will-be

[bullimiami]

1. was this holding up some of the count?

[struggle4progress]

2. Trump campaign files new lawsuit in Arizona

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS - 11/07/20 07:29 PM EST

President Trump’s reelection campaign said on Saturday that it has filed a lawsuit in Arizona alleging that in-person ballots were improperly rejected in Maricopa County.

The suit was filed hours after former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to win the 2020 election after clinching Pennsylvania, securing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

The newest Arizona suit from the president's campaign alleges that poll workers did not notify in-person voters when the electronic ballot tabulation machines detect an “overvote,” which occurs when voters select more than the number of candidates allowed in a given race ...

The campaign is asking for a manual inspection of the affected ballots ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/524983-trump-campaign-files-new-election-related-lawsuit-in-arizona

[Marie Marie]

3. Oh, NOW he suddenly has a problem with Sharpies?

[struggle4progress]

4. Campaign lawsuit claims Maricopa County 'incorrectly rejected' some votes

Maria Polletta
Arizona Republic

... The lawsuit alleges ... a Mesa woman .. had seen poll workers "regularly and consistently" advising voters who received an error screen to "simply press the green button on the tabulator without explaining why the ballot had been rejected or the consequences of overriding the tabulator’s determination" ...

... Trump campaign attorney Matt Morgan said ... “The result is that the voting machines disregarded votes cast by voters in person on Election Day in Maricopa County” ...

Three days earlier .. the Maricopa County Attorney's Office — headed by Republican Allister Adel — .. repeatedly disputed the idea any votes were scrapped without voters having a say.

"No ballots were rejected at voting centers, for overvotes or any other reason," the office wrote in a letter addressing election concerns raised by the Arizona Attorney General's Office ...

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/07/maricopa-county-sued-trump-campaign-over-ballot-rejection-process/6207207002/

[kurtcagle]

5. Were the ballots accurate for Alabama?

Trump loves his sharpies, all im saying.