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Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
Thu May 13, 2021, 06:20 AM May 2021

Arizona recount: Why Republicans are still tallying votes


Anthony Zurcher - North America reporter
Thu, May 13, 2021, 1:23 AM

It's been seven months since the 2020 US presidential election. Donald Trump may not have conceded, but he's out of office.

Joe Biden has been president for more than 100 days. The drumbeat of policy-making has moved on to pandemic relief and infrastructure spending.

And yet in Mar-a-Lago, Trump is still complaining about his election loss. In Washington, Republicans just booted Liz Cheney, who said Biden was legitimately elected, from her congressional leadership post.

And in Phoenix, Arizona, they're still counting - or technically, auditing - ballots.

More:
https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-recount-story-ridiculous-election-214636679.html
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Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)
1. What a waste of time and money - not to mention plain insane:
Thu May 13, 2021, 06:26 AM
May 2021
Republican audit backers theorise that if they can find substantive evidence of fraud then it means Trump really won Arizona. If Trump really won Arizona, maybe he really won other states he narrowly lost. And if he really won enough other states, then he really won the election.

All this requires extreme logical contortions, but it's what they're rolling with.


hlthe2b

(102,138 posts)
2. Under this logic, maybe we should all rush in to audit our banks. Find an error, we become
Thu May 13, 2021, 06:42 AM
May 2021

MILLIONAIRES!!!!

Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)
3. But what would it cost to conduct all those audits??
Thu May 13, 2021, 07:02 AM
May 2021

And wouldn't what it's costing in Arizona be better spent on something less fruitless??

gab13by13

(21,264 posts)
5. When is the DOJ going to stop this?
Thu May 13, 2021, 07:42 AM
May 2021

There have been enough serious violations by this Qanon company to warrant it.

Seems suspicious to me that after this Qanon company was given voter information that they are going to purge up to 145,000 voters from the rolls. How many of those 145,000 are Republicans?

KPN

(15,637 posts)
6. When they have authority to do so? Good question
Thu May 13, 2021, 07:57 AM
May 2021

but I’m guessing that’s the answer in a nutshell. I share your frustration and am equally impatient and concerned. And hope they (DOJ) will take action when there is a clear cut violation of federal election law by — or ignored by — the State of Arizona.

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