Arizona AG report finds no evidence of mass fraud in Maricopa County 2020 election results

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A report issued Wednesday by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovichfound no evidence of widespread voter fraud or irregularities associated with the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County while raising concerns about some voting procedures.

The interim report, six months into an investigation, was detailed in a 12-page letter to Senate President Karen Fann. Brnovich, a Republican, said his office “has left no stone unturned in the aftermath of the 2020 election.”

Although Wednesday's report did not find mass fraud or conspiracy in the 2020 election, it outlined his office’s concerns with "serious vulnerabilities" involving certain procedures during the campaign, including the signature verification process and the transportation of ballots from drop box locations.

 

[Fantine]

He'll have a primary challenge next time for sure! Challenging their fantasies with facts?

 

[wing2000]

From a local commentator:

BREAKING NEWS: Arizona Audit w/ @KelliWardAZ. AG @GeneralBrnovich has determined widespread FRAUD in the Maricopa County 2020 election,” the Arizona Republican Party breathlessly reported.
State GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward was practically orgasmic.
“Perp walks & prosecutions on the way! #ElectionIntegrity,” she tweeted.
Ward even made a video about it (with a fundraising plea, no doubt, still to come).

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Wow is right.

Especially if you read the footnote accompanying the 12-page report's lone sentence about election fraud – the one that references a report on all the fraudthat Brnovich’s Elections Integrity Unit has uncovered in the 2020 presidential election.

All nine cases.

There are the six felons who somehow allegedly managed to vote while in Pima County jail.

And there are three women who returned their recently deceased mothers’ early ballots. Two of them live in Maricopa County, one in Cochise County.

So. Nine cases of election fraud. Out of 3.4 million votes cast.

Arizona election fraud has finally been uncovered

Of course, the empty report will mean nothing to those who continue to promote the Big Lie.

 

[essentialsaltes]

A report issued Wednesday by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovichfound no evidence of widespread voter fraud or irregularities associated with the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County while raising concerns about some voting procedures.

What a difference an election makes!

As false claims of a stolen election took root in 2020, Arizona’s attorney general — a Republican — spoke out on national television. Donald Trump was projected to lose the swing state, he said on Nov. 11, and “no facts” suggested that would change.

This month Mark Brnovich called into a far-right podcast with a different message: His investigation into the vote was turning up “serious concerns.”

Many GOP candidates have embraced the former president’s false election claims while seeking a coveted endorsement in their 2022 primary races. But Brnovich, now running for Senate, stands out for his shift over the past year and a half.

 

[Tanj]

Your next election is going to be a hoot to watch. Not sure there's enough popcorn in the world

 

[wing2000]

Your next election is going to be a hoot to watch. Not sure there's enough popcorn in the world

...better stock up on popcorn. Arizona alone may keep you entertained for days:


Two Republicans seeking statewide office are asking a federal judge to block the use of machines to tabulate the votes in Arizona in the 2022 election.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, running for secretary of state, contend the machines are unreliable because they are subject to hacking. And they say that the use of components in computers from other countries makes them vulnerable.

Attorney Andrew Parker, who filed the lawsuit on Lake and Finchem’s behalf, also offered a more basic argument — tabulating votes is an inherently governmental function, he said. By using machines built and programmed by private companies the state has effectively farmed that out.

What's worse, Parker said in his filings, is that the technology is kept secret from the public.
Lake and Finchem file federal lawsuits to ban vote-counting machines

 

[FreeinChrist]

...better stock up on popcorn. Arizona alone may keep you entertained for days:


Two Republicans seeking statewide office are asking a federal judge to block the use of machines to tabulate the votes in Arizona in the 2022 election.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, running for secretary of state, contend the machines are unreliable because they are subject to hacking. And they say that the use of components in computers from other countries makes them vulnerable.

Attorney Andrew Parker, who filed the lawsuit on Lake and Finchem’s behalf, also offered a more basic argument — tabulating votes is an inherently governmental function, he said. By using machines built and programmed by private companies the state has effectively farmed that out.

What's worse, Parker said in his filings, is that the technology is kept secret from the public.
Lake and Finchem file federal lawsuits to ban vote-counting machines

That argument is absolutely moronic.

 

[Deviant Writer]

Every audited election needs to be audited!
Trump was winning before I went to bed!
Affidavits are sworn statements under penalty of perjury!
Biden had low rally attendance during a pandemic!
If it gets to the SCOTUS, we win!
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

 

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Although Wednesday's report did not find mass fraud or conspiracy in the 2020 election, it outlined his office’s concerns with "serious vulnerabilities" involving certain procedures during the campaign, including the signature verification process and the transportation of ballots from drop box locations.

Arizona’s top prosecutor concealed records debunking election fraud claims​

In April, the attorney general — who was running in the GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat — released an “Interim Report” [the report in OP] claiming that his office had discovered “serious vulnerabilities.” He left out edits from his own investigators refuting his assertions.

His office then compiled an “Election Review Summary” in September that systematically refuted accusations of widespread fraud and made clear that none of the complaining parties — from state lawmakers to self-styled “election integrity” groups — had presented any evidence to support their claims. Brnovich left office last month without releasing the summary.

That timeline emerges from documents released to The Post this week by Brnovich’s successor, Kris Mayes, a Democrat. She said she considered the taxpayer-funded investigation closed and, earlier this month, notified leaders on Maricopa County’s governing board that they were no longer in the state’s crosshairs.

“The people of Arizona had a right to know this information before the 2022 election,” Mayes said in an interview. “Maricopa County election officials had a right to know that they were cleared of wrongdoing. And every American had a right to know that the 2020 election in Arizona, which in part decided the presidency, was conducted accurately and fairly.”

The records show how Brnovich used his office to further claims about voting in Maricopa County that his own staff considered inaccurate. They suggest that his administration privately disregarded fact-checks provided by state investigators while publicly promoting incomplete accounts of the office’s work. The innuendo and inaccuracies, circulated not just in the far reaches of the internet but with the imprimatur of the state’s attorney general, helped make Arizona an epicenter of distrust in the democratic process, eroding confidence not just in the 2020 vote but in subsequent elections.

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The memo also reported that some high-profile Republican officials — who had publicly made fantastical claims of fraud — did not reiterate those assertions under questioning by agents, when they were subject to a state law prohibiting false reporting to law enforcement. [In particular Mark Finchem, Wendy Rogers and Sonny Borrelli had nothing to say to investigators.]