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Republican election audit fever 'unsustainable' for U.S. democracy, experts warn
NBC 'News' via MSN ^ | 6/04/21 | Allan Smith

Posted on 06/05/2021 6:13:43 PM PDT by Libloather

Republican-led efforts to re-examine last fall's vote are spreading as experts and election officials warn that the proliferation amounts to a grave threat to U.S. democracy.

At the center of the push is Arizona, where the private company hired by the Republican-controlled state Senate continues its review of more than 2 million Maricopa County ballots, despite prior audits finding no evidence of fraud. With former President Donald Trump and others on the right following that count closely — despite it having no legal ability to overturn the result — GOP officials and voters have pushed for similar probes in at least five other states.

In Georgia, a judge last month awarded a group of plaintiffs, led by a known conspiracy theorist, a limited review of mail-in ballots in Fulton County. (That effort is still being litigated.) In Wisconsin, the Republican state House speaker recently hired a team of retired police officers and an attorney to probe the 2020 election.

In Michigan, state elections officials have warned local clerks in two counties that county commissioners have no authority to require further auditing or third-party reviews of election records and equipment. In New Hampshire, the audit of a single statehouse race - which officials said found no evidence of fraud or malfeasance - was seized upon by the former president and his supporters, who've pushed for its expansion. And in Pennsylvania, a trio of GOP state lawmakers visited the site of the Arizona ballot review and called for a similar probe in the Keystone State.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
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...which officials said found no evidence of fraud or malfeasance...

The experts should be overjoyed. But, they're not.

1 posted on 06/05/2021 6:13:43 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Democrat election fraud is sustainable?


2 posted on 06/05/2021 6:16:23 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Libloather

Kudos to Steve Bannon and his War Room.


3 posted on 06/05/2021 6:17:13 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Libloather
They didn't mind it in 2000 when the LAAP-dog media recounted Florida seven different ways looking for a Gore win.

-PJ

4 posted on 06/05/2021 6:18:13 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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the proliferation amounts to a grave threat to U.S. democracy.

BS. Democrat voter fraud is a grave threat to U.S. Democracy.

5 posted on 06/05/2021 6:19:03 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force combat pilot )
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To: Libloather

When someone can explain that headline I’ll be interested.

“Audit is unsustainable to our democracy” is gibberish.


6 posted on 06/05/2021 6:19:33 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Libloather

No

Stealing a presidential election and two senate seats with foreign powers, is what is the threat to our constitutional republic


7 posted on 06/05/2021 6:19:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Libloather

Maybe next time, Democrats, don’t be playing fast and loose with election laws and ballots, and you won’t have some in the GOP crawling up your butts with a microscope.


8 posted on 06/05/2021 6:19:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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If the election was on the up-and-up, the Dems and Swamp Pedophile Republicans would open the books up wide and say, "Ha ha! See you Trumptards? Everything is legitimate!!!"

Instead, they hid the election results like a pedophile would hid his abuse of children.

9 posted on 06/05/2021 6:19:48 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople ("The issue is never the issue. The issue always is the Revolution." Lenin)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yep


10 posted on 06/05/2021 6:23:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord and Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: Rurudyne
"Democrat election fraud is sustainable?"

Tradition!


11 posted on 06/05/2021 6:24:14 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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despite prior audits finding no evidence of fraud.

Recounting the fraudulent ballots is not an audit.

12 posted on 06/05/2021 6:24:21 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Libloather

The odor of fear ...


13 posted on 06/05/2021 6:24:24 PM PDT by eastsider
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To: Libloather

Allan Smith is an insult to the human race.


14 posted on 06/05/2021 6:25:51 PM PDT by no_go_lie
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To: Libloather

Election fraud is unsustainable for the nation, as is a biased and ignorant press.


15 posted on 06/05/2021 6:28:01 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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Joe Biden wants to add $80 billion to IRS budgets for auditing.


16 posted on 06/05/2021 6:30:02 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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No, it’s a grave threat to Democrat dishonesty.


17 posted on 06/05/2021 6:30:05 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Libloather

Audits are good for helping BiXiden create J O B S.


18 posted on 06/05/2021 6:31:46 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: no_go_lie

https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_focal-180x180,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2019_28/2929131/190618-allan-smith-byline1860-2929131.jpg


19 posted on 06/05/2021 6:31:54 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: Libloather

Comcast a China Commie front group .
are concerned .

Cancel Comcast subscriptions folks .
They are ta global enemy.


20 posted on 06/05/2021 6:33:04 PM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists is )
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