As people here probably already know, as part of the "big lie" that Stubby McBonespurs is promoting, there is currently a "Recount/Audit" of ballots cast in Arizona, which Trump thinks will find fraud among thousands of ballots. (This is despite Arizona already performing multiple recounts/audits.)
So what are the problems with this audit?
- It is being performed by a company called Cyber Ninjas, who have never done any sort of auditing work before. However, the owners of Cyber Ninjas are Trump supporters. (And much of the funding for it comes from pro-Trump sources)
- Initially, Cyber Ninjas was not going to publish anything about its procedures, until the courts stepped in and forced them to.
- The auditors were initially using blue pens. The problem is, Arizona's vote counting machines can read both blue and black ink, so during recounts, workers are supposed to use red or green pens. (Otherwise, any marks they make on the ballot would have ruined its integrity.) They only switched pens after a reporter pointed out their mistake.
- One of the people they had counting votes was a republican politician (Anthony Kern) who actually present in Washington during the January terrorist activity. (He is actually handling ballots that have his own name on them)
- Among the things the workers are doing is using UV light to examine ballots (supposedly looking for a magic water mark), and examining the paper for traces of bamboo (which would somehow indicate the paper came from China, which would be evidence of fraud somehow)
- The counting was supposed by done by mid-May, but at the rate they are going, it will take months to complete. (However, the space they are using is booked to hold high school graduations soon. So they will have to suspend their count or find somewhere else to work)
See:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/arizonas-election-audit-is-a-trainwreck/618834/
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