And of course people are believing it… If you were like me and were confused what they could be doing doing with the UV lights… a judge has made Cyber Ninjas, the RW conspiracy firm hired by AZ Republicans to recount AZ 2020 ballots, cough-up their ‘playbook’ and here is the explanation:
It is an invention so high tech, only the inventor knows how it works; developed by ‘failed inventor’ Jovan Pulitzer. [“A] mouse click will trigger all for (sic) microscope cameras to capture images,” their description reads. Examining the folds they say can determine if it was machine or human handled… Ummm okay but…
‘However, those policies made a critical error in guiding auditors on how to examine folds in ballots. “If Election Day Poll vote, note the presence of a visible fold,” the policies direct auditors. “If non-Election day vote, note the absence of visible fold.”
Pulitzer’s most well-known invention is the CueCat, a barcode reader which placed number five in Time Magazine’s worst inventions of all time just under Agent Orange and beating out subprime mortgages.
IMPRESSIVE!! (Actually, the RWNJs are peeing their pants over this. They truly think this is space age technology that will get the former guy back in office by August.)
Plus, the UV light they are using is supposed looking for finger prints, according to Former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett; no, it is looking for watermarks, according to Newmax and Q! The thing is, Maricopa County Elections Department recently said their ballots do not have watermarks on them.
Don’t remember who Bennet is? Let me remind you… he is a birther…
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett made moves to appease birthers in his state this week, petitioning the state of Hawaii to confirm the existence of President Barack Obama‘s long-form birth certificate, which the White House released last year.
In a radio interview with KFYI’s Mike Broomhead, Bennett said he would consider keeping the president off the ballot if the state failed to answer his request.
There are 9 cameras… and the former guy has been watching it while he watches TV … knowing he is ripping off Arizona taxpayers instead of paying for it with his or his campaign funds. (They already paid election and counting costs, plus 2 audits with few anomalies) OANN has supposedly paid a large sum to be their only “news” site … and lots more donors but those are secret as well. Benner promises transparency… so that means it ain’t going to happen…
Months before the process started, Cyber Ninjas owner Doug Logan retweeted messages claiming that an audit would find hundreds of thousands of new votes for D***** T****.
[asterisk, mine… FYI: Doug Logan, head of Cyber Ninjas, was part of the "stop the steal" Big Lie conspiracy that fuelled the Jan. 6 insurrection]
And Q Quislings are also on it…watching like hawks, even though they do not know what they are looking for… (For a look into what the Q “patriots” think is truth, do a quick scan of this guys timeline… but not too far as the rabbit hole awaits…
This was interesting to find. 78% of Arizonans requested vote by mail ballots, and they were marked with a bar code so that they could be traced in their journey. That means all their TrickyDick scams aside, the bar codes hold the key info. The rest is performance and drama. and a great way to scam more money from the MAGA Big Lie.
Tired of reading about the “election experts” and their follies? Fear not, there’s more… Ron Watkins, son of QANON ‘s Q… and internet porn host, 8Kun and pig farmer in the Philippines… Jim Watkins, has become ensconced in the fiasco. Ron has been using his site and other social media to lie and say tRUMP actually received 200,000 more votes in Arizona...than he did.
On the message board, Watkins commented that he has been talking with Bobby Piton, a mathematician and investment manager who has theorized that the election was stolen. Piton attended the unofficial legislative hearing in November at the Hyatt in Phoenix as an expert witness and posted on social media that he spent “12 hours working on AZ Data” over the weekend.
The two agree that UV light will expose all the fake votes.
“Called [Piton] earlier and had a chat about the potential use of the UV light station,” Watkins wrote. “Since UV is able to detect oil from fingerprints, if there are no fingerprints on the ballot then the likelihood of the ballot being marked through a non-human process is high.”
[FYO: Piton was suspended from Twitter in NOV for his election lies...]
In case you missed it…VIDEO showing cars of MAGA partisan ballot counters streaming in with Gadsden flags, and tRUMP sickers… and saying they refuse to speak to CNN…because **** told them to hate the mainstream media, especially NYT and CNN. There are cops volunteer Arizona Park Rangers for hire… and a Cyber Ninja guy says she is trespassing. This is NOT about the ballots, it is about cheating behind closed doors by using partisan MAGA loyal counters only and allowing only non trained people in to observe, like Journalists. THAT is NOT their job… It is ludicrous.
VIDEO: “Yesterday, we found a side door propped open at the AZ Coliseum, entered the facility and made our way to the Maricopa County ballots. Today, a judge ordered a temporary halt to the #ArizonaAudit, based in part, on security concerns. It was the 4th day we did this.” https://twitter.com/morganloewcbs5/status/1385675150029320192?s=20
VIDEO: “Here they are with our ballots. There are no city officials around, there are no state officials around, there are no county officials around,” says @LaurieRoberts on the “independent audit” of the Maricopa County 2020 election results. It is in an arena, but Republicans said not enough space for reporters…
This publication is investigating the security of the fraudit.
The GQP do not know what election integrity is, even if someone slapped them in the face with the election protocol manuals… which seems apropos at this time. Even a former AZ GOP AG says the "audit" is a scam...
UPDATE 1 :
To better explain some of the ridiculous crap in the Arizona audit, here is an article with URLs: What the Hell Is Going on in Arizona with this New “Recount”?
GOP State Rep. Anthony Kern, defeated in the Nov, election said he was an observer and not counting ballots… guess what…
“Kern, was active in "Stop the Steal" efforts. He also signed a letter with several other Republican lawmakers urging Congress not to accept the presidential electors selected by Arizona voters. And he was in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to speak to a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on the same day a mob stormed the building.”
See more on the #Fraudit from Aldous J Pennyfarthing: “Stop the Steal' lawmaker who was in D.C. on Jan. 6 is now auditing ballots in Arizona.”
and here: TheBradBlog
And if you are unaware of what is happening altogether…
Laura Clawson Daily Kos Staff can help you sort this shitshow out a bit more for you:
Sunday, May 2, 2021 · 2:52:11 AM +00:00 · List maker NOT List taker
UPDATE 2:
As long as this #fraudit continues, I'll keep working to bring expertise & transparency to the process and hold the Cyber Ninjas accountable.
To keep in touch with the legal side, away from this sideshow, here is the guy whose team assured 63 wins of 64 of 2020 election cases. (And those are just the ones AFTER the election!) The GQP are cooking up distractions and suppression and other ways to cheat… so please stay informed.
Everyone should be following THIS GUY!
Sunday, May 2, 2021 · 11:12:10 PM +00:00 · List maker NOT List taker
UPDATE 3:
*Blast from the past:*
tRUMP and Republicans made it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission in February 2017. It was the *only* federal agency that can help the states with vote anomalies.
In response, he created a commission to investigate voter fraud, led by controversial Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that FAILED MISERABLY and was to SUPPRESS votes. The supposed replacement was a sham and was disbanded. And here you are!
And, from the same people who say that the votes shoulg all have been counted only on election day, here is your news for today… “Maricopa County election audit could last weeks longer than expected, has 'no deadline.' Bennett said it would be done in a couple of weeks. And now, possibly a month… and maybe more…
This ONE STORY has called it an audit 22 times… including the headline. The Big Lie is being spread as credible, even as the press question the validity and outcome. And some are calling this a forensic audit. UDG The press feels they can’t weight in, but you surely can. It is a sham and a scam to please the flimflam man.
PS: If you hate my writing...
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FYI: for a country that supposedly takes voting seriously, as a Canadian… when I call this a shit show, I mean it! It is a freaking mess. The world is watching this fiasco. And If you have not called your reps, you are remiss…
Monday, May 3, 2021 · 7:47:07 PM +00:00 · List maker NOT List taker
UPDATE 4:
The digital evidence policies manual that the Cyber Ninjas were using were also a sham. The manual was lifted from a policy manual written by the DOJ. Note WHEN it was copied:
And more on Anthony Kern:
Q Candidate Anthony Kern was on the AZ ballot and lost.
Here is Kern at the top of the Capitol steps, and then acting as a “volunteer” counting ballots from a race he ran in. --->
No wonder the former guy got rid of the election commission in 2017, that would have dealt with this… And why is the FEC only about election finance? (Which is a joke as well BTW… but that’s another long story the world watches you flub)
Q candidate Anthony Kern was a seditionist that was as close to the Capitol as the worst of the worst seditionists, although may not have gone inside. That means he pushed hard to get where he was.
VIDEO: Here is Kern by the scaffolding
If you have not called your reps, isn’t it way past time? Put their phone numbers on a coffee cup!
Rep Biggs was also seen getting a “tour” of the Fraudit arena. (Can’t find the URL of the picture taken but will add when I do) Found it… *scroll down to find the tweet.
Rep Biggs was also on the ballot in AZ… and...
Reps Gosar and Biggs sought pardons
Monday, May 3, 2021 · 10:46:56 PM +00:00 · List maker NOT List taker
UPDATE 5:
The press is hard pressed to tell a story involving politics without sounding partisan. Real journalists are supposed to relay a story with careful impartiality and neutrality. In this clickbait headline age and clown shows politics, I am sure that is not easy. (And rarely seen)
EJ Montini, news columnist at The Arizona Republic/azcentral since 1986, has stepped over those boundaries by making an opinion piece highlighting Anthony Kern being chosen as a “vetted” non-partisan volunteer. His editors must be on coffee break… because he even used the word Sham!
You can read it Here
UGH… On top of that, there are secret rooms where they are keeping the voting machines.
SOS Hobbs sent Ryan Macias to watch over it. He is a voting machine expert and was the ‘acting director of testing and certification for the Election Assistance Commission.’
Hobbs says that, “Independent, nationally recognized election equipment and audit experts offered to help the Senate develop valid audit procedures and observe the process. Those offers went without reply.”
Well, the people running the ‘show’ are pleased as punch and calling it a “forenzic
audit.” Being they turned down offers of actual auditors, so perhaps not as “cpmprehemsive” as they are making it out to be.
As the Big Lie continues, you can see that pulling back the curtain on the GQP reveals
that they are and always were like t****
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 · 9:01:47 PM +00:00 · List maker NOT List taker
UPDATE 6:
Fraudit update: John Brakey says he is non -partisan, “I’ve been doing this for 17 years, I started after the Bernie Sanders election in 2016,” he blurts out, but thinks it is fine that “they” are looking for bamboo fibers because a QAnon post said that someone in Asia said 40K ballots from ‘Chyna’ were smuggled in. The guy also says he has been around for 17 years, so triggers the Q people, sigh… (Q is #17 in alphabet) If the ballots have to have a traceable freaking tracking bar code (See video above) THAT is where you look, FFS! There are 2 videos… scroll down for the second one.
Fraudit update: “Ken Bennett estimates “auditors” have counted about 200K of the 2.1M ballots and, once again, says more volunteers are coming to help as nearly half the counting stations remain empty. Wouldn’t say when they will arrive.”
Fraudit update: (ME)The arena had about 10 stations originally, but they have added many more… and they have been empty all week. I just counted about 40 people and less than half are sitting and working at table of 5 or 6. The rest are standing and chatting in circles or standing around the pallets... Also, Bennet says some of the “volunteers” are being paid. Someone needs to tell him what volunteer means. There are 9 cameras, so see for yourself…
Fraudit update: New message from SOS Katie Hobs.
Fraudit update: ‘After touting "transparency", we've learned #CyberNinjas is making volunteer observers sign non-disclosure agreements, keeping them from sharing anything they saw while inside the Coliseum during the #AZAudit.’ (FYI, anyone who sees oddities are required to report to to election officials, so this negates election laws...as does most of the Fraudit)
Here is an update on Anthony Kern that shows him at the black tables wearing black. that is supposedly reserved for the ninja’s “It Specialist” and ballot sheet counters.
Monday, May 10, 2021 · 10:30:40 PM +00:00 · List maker NOT List taker
UPDATE 7
Private company “Cyber Ninjas,” doing the AZ Fraudit, demanded access to government internet routers and passwords. Maricopa County sheriff called it "mind-numbingly reckless and irresponsible" and a threat their office, staff and officers. The Sherrif was incensed as was SOS Hobbs.
“The Senate Republican Caucus’ audit of the Maricopa County votes from last November’s election has no stopping point,” Penzone said. “Now, its most recent demands jeopardize the entire mission of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.”
In addition, citizens’ private information, including voting histories, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, could fall into the hands of Cyber Ninjas, the company hired by the GOP-led Senate to conduct the recount.
Pamela Karlan, deputy. asst. AG also sent a
letter and was joined by several attorneys in a separate letter of concern that:
- Door to door intimidation violates Civil Rights Laws
- Voters are being intimidated in door to door surveys
- Ballots are not secured and under election official control
- Unsecured ballots are at risk of tampering, loss and damage
- A third party unsupervised company has free access to voter information.
- Maricopa County election records, which are required by federal law to be retained and preserved, are no longer under the ultimate control of elections officials
Daily Kos Staff Laura Clawson updates to May 10
“It makes us look like idiots,” one Republican state senator who supported the effort was quoted in The New York Times. “Looking back, I didn’t think it would be this ridiculous. It’s embarrassing to be a state senator at this point.”
Arizonan Mother Mags gave a response to all this a couple of days ago, ICUMI!
jqjacobs adds even more info about the Fraudit… The same people who complained that voting wasn’t complete the same day of the election (even when absentee/mail in ballots were not counted before election day and there wwer many more than usual) are taking an awfully long time to do a recount.
Someone should tell FG45 to tell them to stop the count …/S
They have to be out of the arena as there are events planned on the weekend, and they will pack up tomorrow night and resume counting. The ballots are being transported at least 2 more times by people who have no idea how to secure the ballots in the first place. The Fraudit is a freaking fiasco.
And now for a little humour, The Daily Show style: The Arizona recount is very, very serious and not at all a joke…just ask the Cyber Ninjas running the audit. Jordan klepper reports from Maricopa County.
VIDEO
