Months after Trumpâs election defeat, Arizona Republicans are recounting the vote
By Michael Wines New York Times,Updated April 25, 2021, 12:52 p.m.
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PHOENIX â It seemed so simple back in December.
Responding to angry voters who echoed former President Donald Trumpâs false claims of a stolen election, Arizona Republicans promised a detailed review of the vote that showed Trump to have been the first Republican presidential nominee to lose the state since 1996.
âWe hold an audit,â state Sen. Eddie Farnsworth said at a Judiciary Committee hearing. âAnd then we can put this to rest.â
But when a parade of flatbed trucks last week hauled boxes of voting equipment and 78 pallets containing the 2.1 million ballots of Arizonaâs largest county to a decrepit local coliseum, it kicked off a seat-of-the-pants audit process that seemed more likely to amplify Republican grievances than to put them to rest.
Half a Year After Trumpâs Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote
An audit of the vote in Arizonaâs most populous county was meant to mollify angry Trump voters. But it is being criticized as a partisan exercise more than a fact-finding one.
Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside the office where ballots were being counted in Phoenix on Nov. 6.Credit.Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times
PHOENIX â It seemed so simple back in December.
Responding to angry voters who echoed former President Donald J. Trumpâs false claims of a stolen election, Arizona Republicans promised a detailed review of the vote that showed Mr. Trump to have been the first Republican presidential nominee to lose the state since 1996. âWe hold an audit,â State Senator Eddie Farnsworth said at a Judiciary Committee hearing. âAnd then we can put this to rest.â
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Report on Antrim County error keeps battle over records going in lingering election lawsuit
Updated Apr 06, 2021;
Posted Apr 06, 2021
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit on Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP
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William Bailey of Central Lake Township is again accusing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson of is withholding records she’s been ordered to turn over as part of an ongoing election fraud lawsuit in Antrim County.
This has become a theme in the lawsuit filed by Bailey in November alleging election fraud in Antrim County and potentially across the state.
Both sides say the other isn’t providing information or access to witnesses for depositions. Bailey’s attorney, Matthew S. DePerno, claims he can’t prepare witnesses for deposition until he has all of the election information from Benson’s office.
By Donald Jeffries
One of the more disturbing charges of fraud in the 2020 presidential election revolves around Dominion Voting Machines. The first allegation to make headlines was one claiming that in Antrim County, Mich., a “glitch” in software used in 47 other counties in the state, and in other states as well, transferred 6,000 votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.
In Ware County, Ga., Dominion Voting Systems machines allegedly revealed that votes were being switched from Mr. Trump to Mr. Biden. Georgia Rep. Jody Hice quoted the results of a forensic examination to this effect in a tweet, and noted, “This is one machine in one county in one state. Did this happen elsewhere? We need to know!” Rush Limbaugh claimed, “They fed an equal number of votes for both Trump and Biden into the software, and it turns out an equal number of votes for Trump and Biden was spat out of the machine as a 26% lead for Biden.” Ware County Election Supervisor Carlos Nelson called the cla