The Independent View: GOP-backed AZ Recount of Maricopa County 2020 Ballots to Move Forward

GOP-backed Recount of Maricopa County, Arazonia, Ballots appears, On-Track to move forward after Initial Pause ordered by Arizona Judge.

The Extensive effort to Recount Ballots from the November 2020 Election, moved forward in Phoenix on Friday, as a Private Vendor hired by Republican Senate began Reviewing nearly 2.1 Million Ballots Cast in the State’s Largest County.

Election Officials and the Courts have found No Merit to such Allegations, and the GOP-led County Board of Supervisors has Objected to the Recount, after multiple Recounts by the State.

After State Democrats filed a Lawsuit last week to Halt the Proceedings, an Arizona Judge, on Friday, ordered that the Recount be Paused for the Weekend to consider their Allegations that the Process Violates State Laws governing the Security of Ballots.

However, the Judge required that the Democratic Party Post a $1 Million Bond to cover the potential Costs of a Delay.
br /> On Friday Afternoon, the State Party said it would Not put up the Money, meaning the Recount could ress ahead.

Earlier this week, Senate Republicans exercised a Subpoena to move Voting Equipment and Ballots from County Storage to the Floor of the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where they have said a Team of Private Companies will Spend Four weeks conducting a Hand Recount of Ballots and a Forensic Audit of Voting Machines.

Senate Leaders have said the Process is intended Only to explore ways to Improve the State’s Elections, rather than to Cast Doubt on Biden’s 10,457 Vote State Victory over Trump.

But the Recount has come under Sharp Criticism from Election Observers, Voting Rights Advocates, and Democrats, who have said it lacks Independent Oversight and could be used to further Baseless Claims about the 2020 Election.

The Reason for Criticism, GOP Senators have handed over Management and Funding of the Quasi-Public Process to a Private Cybersecurity Firm from Florida called Cyber Ninjas, whose Chief Executive has echoed False Claims about Fraud in the 2020 Elections.

And Allies of Trump have Not been shy about their Hope that the Audit will turn up New Ammunition they can use to Attack the Results of 2020 Election.

“The lack of transparency around this ‘audit’ is astounding and we will not stand idly by as Senate President [Karen] Fann opens up our secure election to unqualified and completely unhinged actors who believe the ‘big lie,’ ” Raquel Terán, Chairwoman of the State Democratic Party, said in a statement before the Ruling. “This has gone far enough and we are hopeful that the courts will put an end to this embarrassing and dangerous circus.”