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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: "For all of you who hate Democracy and voting, have I got a new law for you!" JOE RAEDLE / GETTY NEWS Well have so much COVID-19 data to dig through once the dust settles: A new report out of the University of Washington concludes that COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, which is more than double what official reports show. (Keep in mind, the study has not been peer-reviewed. It also doesnt count the deaths of people who may have died from other illnesses...

GOP Wants To Expand Arizona ‘Audit,’ But DOJ May Shut It Down Arizonas Republican-led Senate is looking to expand its post-election audit of 2.1 million ballots in the states most populous county, while Arizonas Democratic secretary of state and the U.S. Department of Justice appeared headed to federal court to shut down the post-election exercise. On Wednesday, May 5, the Senates liaison to the audit, former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, a Republican, confirmed tha...

The Arizona GOPs Maricopa County audit: What to know about it Caitlin Huey-Burns © COURTNEY PEDROZA / Getty Images Arizona Recounts 2020 Presidential Election Ballots More than six months after his defeat in the November election, former President Trump is still claiming victory, calling the election "the big lie," despite several recounts and dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits that say otherwise. Although every state has certified its results, the Republican-controlled state S...

The most absurd conspiracy theory yet in the ongoing Arizona recount CNN 1 day ago Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large © Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 01: Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett (right) works to move ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona. (Photo by C...

The audit — which is being conducted by a little-known Florida company called Cyber Ninjas, which was hired by the state Senate — is not providing adequate security for the 2.1 million ballots it obtained from a court-ordered subpoena in February, Karlan wrote. Judging from news media reports, Karlan wrote, the "ballots, elections systems, and election materials that are the subject of the Maricopa County audit are no longer under the ultimate control of state and local elections official...

I Just Dont Know about Arizona Politics | May 7, 2021 | Before we get into it, let me just say that the state of Arizona has stunning scenery and some truly great people in it. Every state’s got its share of issues; for example, my state capital has a street system designed by MC Escher based on Colonial-era cow paths. And we’ve got crunchy granola Lefties so far around the curve they’ve reached the anti-vaxxer right-wing conspiracy theorists coming the other way. Now, all that said … W...

Demonstrators in Arizona. (Getty Images) The ballot recount in Arizona – intended to reveal once and for all if Donald Trump was a victim of massive vote fraud – is going slowly. But there’s a reason for that. A reporter interviewed John Brakey, one of the self-appointed recount observers. He explained that they are taking super high-resolution pictures of each ballot. “That camera right there is having facts,” Brakey said. So, they want to see whether the percentage of folded ballots...

By Michael LucianoMay 7th, 2021, 4:39 pm Former Arizona Attorney General and former Republican Grant Woods ripped the much maligned election audit being conducted in Maricopa County, which effectively swung the state for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in November.  It is being conducted by a Florida-based consulting firm called Cyber Ninjas, which had never worked on an election until now. The audit was already controversial when it began last Friday, and suspicions about its integrity only g...

The most absurd conspiracy theory yet in the ongoing Arizona recount CNN 5/7/2021 Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large © Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 01: Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett (right) works to move ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona. (Photo by Co...

The warning from Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) came as one volunteer involved in the audit said workers were searching for traces of bamboo to test an unfounded theory that ballots improperly originated in Asia.