US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount

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The Justice Department is questioning the GOP-controlled Arizona Senate’s unusual private recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County. The department says it is concerned about ballot security and potential voter intimidation.

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are being examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Thursday, April 29, 2021.

And Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela S. Karlan said that the Senate contractor’s plans to directly contact voters could amount to illegal voter intimidation. In other developments Wednesday, the Arizona Democratic Party has reached a deal with the Republican-controlled state Senate to ensure that voter and ballot privacy is guaranteed during an unprecedented recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County.

Dul noted that the policies allow counters to accept a large enough error rate to perhaps show Trump won the state. Such an outcome would not change the outcome of the election because the results were certified months ago in the state and Congress. The developments come as the counting of 2.1 million ballots from the November election won by President Joe Biden are off to a slow pace. Bennett told the Associated Press Tuesday night that teams doing a hand recount of the presidential race lost by former President Donald Trump and the U.S. Senate race won by Democrat Mark Kelly has tallied less than 10% of the ballots since starting on April 23.

 

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This should confirm everybody's worst fears about the biden administration overreaching in its power. This should be a free and fair process with no sway from people in DC. Somethings going on in Maricopa county they don't want you to know.

Are they afraid of the audit results? Why don't they wait until the audit is complete to see if mistakes were made?

Never in History of THE USA did the poll warchers and ballot counters go to sleep and start the next morning. Then the votes jumped up an hour later. How more obvious can it get

DONALD TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT I WILL LEAVE THIS COUNTRY IF THIS FRUAD DOESN'T GET IMPEACHED!!!

This is gonna happen everytime a republican loses a election

Parcheesi!

THIS is ridiculous and must end! The election was held over EIGHT months ago. Sowing the seeds of doubt where none was even needed is Putin’s playbook! EnoughIsEnough

I just…

Not unusual, we all know democrats are untrustworthy

Are more clowns needed in the Trump circus. I have this second cousin who......... In Arizona.

Good. The election has already been certified many times over. Whats happening here is an attempt at another coup. Shut it down.

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