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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 03:52 PM Jun 2021

AZ Voting Data Was Secretly Moved To MONTANA For 'Review'


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AZ Voting Data Was Secretly Moved To MONTANA For ‘Review’
crooksandliars.com
https://t.co/KQajwSMRHY

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The material secretly taken out of Arizona to an undisclosed location is from Maricopa County, which just happens to have gone for Biden over Trump in November. The Republicans' recklessness with the data is just breathtaking. It's almost as if they want it destroyed.


Ben Cotton, founder of tech firm CyFIR, a Senate subcontractor, made copies of the county's election server and other election data and then drove the copies to a "secure lab" in Montana, according to Senate liaison Ken Bennett. The Senate was given county voters' private information, but Bennett said he doesn't know if Cotton has copies of that in Montana.

It appears that the "secure lab" might be a home owned by Cotton in the northern Montana wilderness. Bennett said he didn't know, and Cotton and Cyber Ninjas, the Senate's main contractors, refuse to answer questions.


There’s a lot more that Senate liaison Ken Bennett doesn’t know and doesn’t seem to want to know. According to Arizona Republic reporter Jen Fifeld, Bennett also doesn’t know what steps are being taken to keep the data secure, how it is being stored, whether CyFIR is keeping copies of the data or who has access. One thing Bennett does know is that no one representing the Arizona Senate is overseeing CyFIR’s review in Montana.
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AZ Voting Data Was Secretly Moved To MONTANA For 'Review' (Original Post) soothsayer Jun 2021 OP
Let me know when the Feds show up. C_U_L8R Jun 2021 #1
+1 Baitball Blogger Jun 2021 #7
They should send it to Moscow dalton99a Jun 2021 #2
Oh I'm sure putin was cc'd soothsayer Jun 2021 #3
Where's The Handcuffs? WHITT Jun 2021 #4
If I lived in AZ I would be LIVID !! U know private Co's sell data alittlelark Jun 2021 #5
I can't believe nothing can be done to stop this data mining of people FloridaBlues Jun 2021 #6
And from there..... DFW Jun 2021 #8
Hello DOJ JohnSJ Jun 2021 #9
let's start a congressional/DOJ investigation of our sacred right to vote and how it's being stolen spanone Jun 2021 #10
THIS orangecrush Jun 2021 #15
It's unbelievable. spanone Jun 2021 #17
Hope DOJ comes down orangecrush Jun 2021 #21
That whole recount effort should be invalidated Baitball Blogger Jun 2021 #11
Those ballots should now be treated as totally compromised. Lonestarblue Jun 2021 #12
At this point, it appears to me that the whole recount thing is just a cover for real intent. patphil Jun 2021 #13
O.K., enough's enough. orangecrush Jun 2021 #14
fuck. this. shit. ENOUGH! NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #16
So now the data is invalid, and it no longer matters what the Repukes "find" FakeNoose Jun 2021 #18
Well they always were wasting everyone's time and money soothsayer Jun 2021 #20
I figure this fraudit was never about overturning 2020 results 0rganism Jun 2021 #24
JFC. MontanaMama Jun 2021 #19
Arrest them rockfordfile Jun 2021 #22
And they're claiming that this "audit" is about "election security???" BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #23
If there is no legal basis to take the data, this is a cyber crime JCMach1 Jun 2021 #25

C_U_L8R

(49,303 posts)
1. Let me know when the Feds show up.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 03:54 PM
Jun 2021

Last edited Sat Jun 5, 2021, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)

These bozos belong in prison.

alittlelark

(19,131 posts)
5. If I lived in AZ I would be LIVID !! U know private Co's sell data
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 04:09 PM
Jun 2021

This is a free treasure trove that they, and the other private co's involved are sure to mine.

This is Private Voting Data - or it WAS.

DFW

(60,076 posts)
8. And from there.....
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 04:33 PM
Jun 2021

It will be sent for further verification to the Mike Lindell Institute for Election Verification in Minnesota. Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton have all introduced Senate resolutions to certify the results of the Lindell verification, even though none of them them were able to say they know for sure if the Lindell Institute exists or not.

spanone

(141,393 posts)
10. let's start a congressional/DOJ investigation of our sacred right to vote and how it's being stolen
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 04:42 PM
Jun 2021

in real-time.

daily.

non-stop.

Lonestarblue

(13,451 posts)
12. Those ballots should now be treated as totally compromised.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 05:10 PM
Jun 2021

The judge who ordered the ballots and voting machines turned over to Cyber Ninjas needs to be recalled, along with the Republican legislators who started this nonsense.

patphil

(8,984 posts)
13. At this point, it appears to me that the whole recount thing is just a cover for real intent.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 05:21 PM
Jun 2021

It's actually an extensive data mining operation. It will give the Republicans a very complete, in-depth picture of who voted, who they voted for, and where each vote was cast, with an eye to targeting voters in a number of ways. None of which are conducive to a free, open, and fair election.
No good can come from this, unless you are a Republican. It's the perfect accompaniment to gerrymandering and voter suppression.
It's a trifecta of election control.
Also, the release of all that information to a company, who is doing no one knows what with it, is probably illegal at both the state and federal level.

This shit has got to stop!

FakeNoose

(41,284 posts)
18. So now the data is invalid, and it no longer matters what the Repukes "find"
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 06:01 PM
Jun 2021

No federal judge will accept any of this nonsense. These people are wasting their time and ours.



0rganism

(25,589 posts)
24. I figure this fraudit was never about overturning 2020 results
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 12:48 PM
Jun 2021

Seems to me it's always been about messing with 2022 and 2024 election procedures and giving the legislature trumped-up causus belli to directly interfere with future outcomes.

MontanaMama

(24,707 posts)
19. JFC.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 06:05 PM
Jun 2021

I wouldn't doubt that the RWNJ's that have taken over leadership in Montana are taking notes. After all, Super Criminal Ryan Zinke is running for our new congressional seat.

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