The ‘election officials’ in Maricopa County have, by now, become a national embarrassment.
A leaked email thread, which you can read by scrolling down to page 9 of this document, indicates that election officials in Arizona’s most populous county had a disparity of around 16,000 votes.
Kari Lake v Hobbs had a difference of roughly 17,000 votes…
Numerous election failures were reported to have plagued the county on election day and, since that time, Kari Lake has brought forward numerous lawsuits against the county.
Recently a judge ordered both Lake and Hobbs to appear at a hearing and granted Lake’s request to conduct an analysis of the ballots.
This latest leak bodes well for Lake in her ongoing litigation:
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This. Is. Unacceptable.Internal communications between top election officials in Arizona's Maricopa County reveal that they struggled to reconcile a discrepancy of almost 16,000 in outstanding ballot totals:https://t.co/NSm4xL7UX5
— J. Hogan Gidley (@JHoganGidley) December 19, 2022
Internal communications between top election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County in the immediate aftermath of Election Day reveal that they struggled to reconcile a discrepancy of almost 16,000 in outstanding ballot totals.https://t.co/5qKmS1ZvHn
— Idaho Trumplican (@IdahoTrumplican) December 19, 2022
Just The News confirmed:
“Unable to currently reconcile SOS listing with our estimates from yesterday,” Richer wrote, showing that Maricopa County estimated having 392,000 ballots left to be counted, while the secretary of state’s website said there were 407,664 ballots left.
“So there’s a 15,000 difference somewhere,” Richer said, although the discrepancy cited was closer to16,000.
The recorder’s office did not provide comment on the ballot discrepancy by publication deadline.
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Western Journal further explained:
The revelation regarding the total ballot discrepancy was brought to light in an email from November 10, sent by Arizona Recorder Stephen Richer to other top election officials, including Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates and Elections Director Scott Jarrett.
Specifically, the 16,000 ballot discrepancy was the county’s estimated remaining ballot totals versus the number reported by the Arizona Secretary of State’s office.
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