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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Wed May 5, 2021, 11:26 PM May 2021

Observers report ballots and laptop computers have been left unattended in Arizona recount

Source: Washington Post

according to secretary of state

Ballots have been left unattended on counting tables.

Laptop computers sit abandoned, at times — open, unlocked and unmonitored.

Procedures are constantly shifting, with untrained workers using different rules to count ballots.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) on Wednesday sent a letter outlining a string of problems that she said observers from her office have witnessed at a Republican-led recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona’s largest county.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-recount-observers/2021/05/05/b807c990-adc3-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html

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Justice matters.

(6,873 posts)
1. There's a Federal Law prohibiting what they R doing...
Wed May 5, 2021, 11:35 PM
May 2021
Duh... I hope the FBI is on their case. Everyone involved should get charged with breaking that law.

Bayard

(21,801 posts)
7. Per Rachel last night,
Thu May 6, 2021, 11:47 AM
May 2021

The Justice Dept. is getting involved.

How do these idiots think their charade will ever be looked at as legitimate?

tonekat

(1,805 posts)
2. Those ballots are contaminated now
Wed May 5, 2021, 11:39 PM
May 2021

They can't possibly be used as any kind of official count after the clowns were allowed to fondle them. The previous count has to stand. Of course, that's using logic.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
3. This was never an official count, anyway. The previous count will stand regardless.
Thu May 6, 2021, 01:57 AM
May 2021

Frankly, I don't understand why this is even allowed.

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CrispyQ

(36,221 posts)
8. Chaos. They plan to inject this kind of chaos into every election in every state that they don't win
Thu May 6, 2021, 03:37 PM
May 2021

It feels like our party isn't doing enough to stop this, or speak out about this. This kind of behavior by the GOP is only going to get worse as they see that they are allowed to pull this kind of fucking shit.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,282 posts)
9. With the "chain of custody" problems, these "recount clowns" ...
Thu May 6, 2021, 04:14 PM
May 2021

... have effectively tossed the ballots into a bonfire. They can no longer be reliably recounted, audited, etc.

I'm just glad this happened after the vote was ratified. Here, kids, have some ballots, have some crayons, have fun.

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