Reviewing the Vote

For John, BLUF:  As we all know, the Electoral College elected Candidate Joe Biden President of the United States, back in January of 2021.  The question is, do we have a uniformly efficient, honest and effective voting system across the States and Territories?  This is about checking on that.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Inside Arizona’s election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on

From The Boston Globe, by Associated Press Reporters Jonathan J Cooper and Bob Christie, 10 May 2021, 1:15 a.m..

Here is the lede plus three:

On the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where Sir Charles Barkley once dunked basketballs and Hulk Hogan wrestled King Kong Bundy, 46 tables are arrayed in neat rows, each with a Lazy Susan in the middle.

Seated at the tables are several dozen people, mostly Republicans, who spend hours watching ballots spin by, photographing them or inspecting them closely.  They are counting them and checking to see if there is any sign they were flown in surreptitiously from South Korea.  A few weeks ago they were holding them up to ultraviolet lights, looking for a watermark rumored to be a sign of fraud.

This is Arizona’s extraordinary, partisan audit of the 2020 election results in the state's most populous county — ground zero for former President Donald Trump and a legion of his supporters who have refused to accept his loss in Arizona or in other battleground states.  Theses ballots have been counted before and certified by the Republican governor.  Much of the country has moved on.

And yet, in this aging arena, Republicans are searching for evidence to support claims they already believe.

The opening is a somewhat snarky look at the ongoing vote recount in Maricopa County, Arizona.

The Reporters then go on to say:

The effort has alarmed voting rights advocates, election administrators and civil rights lawyers at the U.S. Department of Justice, who this past week demanded confirmation that federal security and anti-intimidation laws are being followed.  Senate President Karen Fann responded Friday by telling the department it had nothing to worry about.

Why are various groups "alarmed" about this effort?  If this effort reconfirms the initial results it further tamps down concerns about the November outcome.  If it finds problems it gives us plenty of time correct those problems.

For an alternate view there is, from PJ Media, "The Morning Briefing:  What Are Democrats So Afraid of in Maricopa County?"

The disinformation campaign run by the Democrats about Georgia’s new election law shows how invested they are in making all of the “irregularities” from the last election permanent.  Those of us with questions about what exactly happened are just supposed to shut up.  Curiosity is racism or something now.

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There’s been a lot of recent drama about the audit that’s been going on in Maricopa County.  The Democrats have been trying to shut it down and not having much success so far.  They are persistent little buggers though, and now they’re upping their game.

At this point I don't look to any media for truth.  It is the job of those of us out in Voter-Land to take all available information and to sort through it, looking for the kernals of facts and aligning them.

Good luck to us.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff