AZ Sec of State Katie Hobbs: Yesterday, observers from my office discovered a WiFi router connected

[Nittersing]

AZ Sec of State Katie Hobbs: Yesterday, observers from my office discovered a WiFi router connected to the "audit" servers.

There’s no way to ensure that ballot images, vote counts, & perhaps voter data weren’t connected to external networks or the internet.

Link to tweet

[Champp]

1. republiQons lying and cheating

They are a dangerous disgrace

[gratuitous]

2. That means you pull the plug on this

These people have shown by word and deed that they are not trustworthy. End this sham audit now.

[padah513]

4. Yes

This is way beyond a sham. They're going into Manafort territory now. If they're using a router, who are they sending the information to?

[catrose]

8. Yes. Now.

[TheRickles]

17. Yes, but who actually has the power to pull the plug?

[gratuitous]

21. This dog-and-pony show was cooked up by Republicans in the State Senate

But I would think the Secretary of State would have the authority to end it now that it had gyred out of control.

[lastlib]

26. Kill the Fraudit!

End this sham/scam NOW!!

[jmbar2]

3. Wow

Some serious ratfuckery attempts going on here. One of the comments in that thread suggests it is about getting the voter rolls.

My democracy hurts.

[PortTack]

5. Getting voter rolls I believe has been the plan all along. They are going to further purge dems

From the voting rolls

[Moostache]

6. My democracy is on life support... (n/t)

[qazplm135]

7. lol

of course it was connected to the internet because this is all a sham designed to do really bad things, including gathering data on voters.

[certainot]

9. call it a 'fraudit' (not mine)

[wryter2000]

10. Fiire their asses

Yesterday.

[SunSeeker]

11. Holy shit.

Revealing private voter data to third parties is illegal in CA. Isn't it in AZ?

[BlueNProud]

12. The amount of deference and privilege given to right wing loons is out of control.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. data harvesting

This will be used to disenfranchise, target with ads, visit voters

[CrispyQ]

14. Where the hell is the DOJ?

Maybe they could issue another warning?

[hadEnuf]

15. Ya know....

it's really fucking time to start locking up these criminal Republican Trump supporters.



They just do whatever they want.

Level some charges, make them stick, send them to jail. ENOUGH OF THIS

[Crunchy Frog]

32. They do whatever they want because they've always gotten away with it.

Nobody has ever made a serious attempt to stop them.

I fear that this pattern will continue, and that will bring the end to our republic.

[PufPuf23]

16. Hope the device was treated as a crime scene

with fingerprints, touch DNA, computer forensics, etc.

Unfortunately this probably did not occur nor will there be a substantive investigation.

One can wish.

If data was exported, be very interested to see where went.

[SunSeeker]

18. Holy shit.

Revealing private voter data to third parties is illegal in CA. Isn't it in AZ?

[bluestarone]

19. Is it time for EVERYONE involved in this audit to meet with

A JUDGE? EVERYONE needs to testify as to what their duties were?

[WVreaper]

20. Shut it down, now.

[rockfordfile]

29. I agree

[The Unmitigated Gall]

22. Goddammit!!!!

Feds, shut these motherfuckers down!!!

[MacKasey]

23. CALL IN THE FBI!

[turbinetree]

24. Well I just typed in if there were protestors protesting this illegal BS

being pulled off by these fucking fascists and apparently there is no one protesting this shit show.......

[stillcool]

25. you would think the people in Arizona would

be a little upset. The Secretary of State already needs a security detail because of all the death threats. Must be more going on there that I'm not aware of.

[NBachers]

27. Put these bloody crooks in handcuffs- all of them- right fucking now!

This is another republican criminal assault on the anchor base of our democracy.

I remember when Bobby Kennedy sent the guys in black suits with narrow lapels and skinny ties down South to protect voting rights. We need this again, immediately.

[rockfordfile]

30. true

[aggiesal]

28. This audit started around 4/21 ...

After 3 weeks, they've only counted 300,000 ballots.
Averaging 100,000 per week means this will end between 9/8 - 9/15
And that's not counting the holidays of Memorial Day, 4th of July & Labor Day.
So, maybe after 9/15 if they maintain this average.

Tim Steller @senyorreporter · May 11
OK, to get started on a few tidbits. Bennett told me more than 300,000 ballots, of the 2.1 million, have been counted. He said he expects about a third of a million (i.e. 333,000) to be counted by the end of the day.

Link to tweet

[BarbD]

33. I've worked at the polls in both Vermont and Connecticut. Also participated in a recount.

One of the things that impressed me about doing the recount of paper ballots is how anonymous they are. Each vote is equal because no name is attached to it.

If someone wants to alter the ballots after the fact, which is what the Arizona Republicans obviously intend to do -- they need to fiddle with them in some way as to make a valid ballot appear to be invalid.

This is so ridiculous and sooooo illegal.

[aggiesal]

34. And extremely slow ...

I was the (D) rep on election night to witness the arrival of the ballots and the counting.
I would arrive to the Registrar of Voters, around late afternoon prior to the polls closing.
The ROV would give us instructions on what we could and could not do.

Counting would finish around 5am - 6am the following morning.
When polls closed, ROV would immediately count the early voting ballots, and release
the results about 30 minutes after the polls closed.

What I found amazing was that those initial early results, the final numbers didn't
change that much from the initial early results.

So after the 3rd or 4th election, the minute I saw the returns, I would call SD (D)
headquarters and tell them the early returns, and told them not to expect much change.

[GemDigger]

36. I have a question for you regarding poll work.

I also work the polls or hand count the mail ins.

We have to give our info and sign a document with Homeland Security. Do you have to do the same in either place? I am wondering if it is just here or if it is nationwide.

[BarbD]

37. I don't recall having to sign anything for Homeland Security --

but then I was only a worker not the one in charge. My working at the polls after 9/11 was in Vermont. The Secretary of State in Vermont was the one in charge of the protocol at the polls.

The recount we did in Vermont was for a down ticket vote. The security and rules were very exact and very strict with an even number of Republicans and Democrats involved in each step. A judge oversaw everything. The best adjectives to describe my experience are reverence and patriotism. The security in protecting the ballots was impressive.

After my experience, what is happening in Arizona is tantamount to tossing the ballots in the air and letting them fall where they may. There are no words to describe it -- but then attempting to describe Republican actions is an impossible task.

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. "Nothin' to see here, folks.

Keep moving."

[cab67]

35. If these external networks extended beyond Arizona....

....wouldn't it fall under the jurisdiction of the FBI?

[colsohlibgal]

38. This Is Nefarious Nonsense

This needs to be shut down yesterday. This is ridiculous and dangerous to our Democracy.

Cyber Ninjas? You can’t make his tomfoolery up.

Somewhere in Hell Hitler and Mussolini are saluting.

[kiri]

39. "What are they afraid of?"

The trouble is, if shut down, the RWNJs are itching to shout "What are they afraid of?" ... "This is cancel culture, hiding the truth," etc, et al.

Their audience is primed and ready for this. Unfortunately, the 71 million Trump voters will lap it up and a meme is reinforced.

[Texin]

40. Why has no one filed for injunctive relief?

[UCmeNdc]

41. This is all a sham!

Why not just call it a complete failure and the loss of all ballot security?