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Fox News, now reports after a thorough investigation only 184 ballots in Arizona were possibly fraudulent, not nearly enough to tip the election to the cry baby sore loser. Of course the sore loser, with zero evidence, then attacks Fox. Somehow I think I've seen this movie before.
 
Fox News, now reports after a thorough investigation only 184 ballots in Arizona were possibly fraudulent, not nearly enough to tip the election to the cry baby sore loser. Of course the sore loser, with zero evidence, then attacks Fox. Somehow I think I've seen this movie before.


You did see it before, it was after Trump won in 2016.
 
Fox News, now reports after a thorough investigation only 184 ballots in Arizona were possibly fraudulent, not nearly enough to tip the election to the cry baby sore loser. Of course the sore loser, with zero evidence, then attacks Fox. Somehow I think I've seen this movie before.
Woody...do you really believe this? Honest question.
 
Woody...do you really believe this? Honest question.
Yes. There is zero credible evidence that Trump won. None. Nada. That's why he lost all of those court cases and why they are in the process of disbarring his lawyers for filing pleadings, not based on facts, but based on internet conspiracy theories. He lost for the reason I and others have said on here 10 times. About 10 to 15 percent of rocked rib republicans cannot stomach him. I can name numerous friends and relatives that never previously voted for a democrat that voted for Biden. All you have to do is look at vote totals in several states and you will see that other republicans on the ballot out performed him. So what do you think? Did the fraudulent votes also vote for down ballot republicans?
 
Yes. There is zero credible evidence that Trump won. None. Nada. That's why he lost all of those court cases and why they are in the process of disbarring his lawyers for filing pleadings, not based on facts, but based on internet conspiracy theories. He lost for the reason I and others have said on here 10 times. About 10 to 15 percent of rocked rib republicans cannot stomach him. I can name numerous friends and relatives that never previously voted for a democrat that voted for Biden. All you have to do is look at vote totals in several states and you will see that other republicans on the ballot out performed him. So what do you think? Did the fraudulent votes also vote for down ballot republicans?

Woody

I believe there is massive election fraud. They already found 74K mail in ballots that were not sent out. Where did they come from? We havent been given the ballot count totals or some other info yet either in AZ. This election was stolen on a massive level and they had to do it because Trump won by so much. Its all going to come out and nothing will stop whats coming. Thats my opinion. We have a disagreement and thats fine. We will see how this ends up playing out. You are entitled to have your opinion and beliefs and so am I. One of us is wrong and the other is right and time will tell.
 
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I believe there is massive election fraud. They already found 74K mail in ballots that were not sent out. Where did they come from? We havent been given the ballot count totals or some other info yet either in AZ. This election was stolen on a massive level and they had to do it because Trump won by so much. Its all going to come out and nothing will stop whats coming. Thats my opinion. We have a disagreement and thats fine. We will see how this ends up playing out. You are entitled to have your opinion and beliefs and so am I. One of us is wrong and the other is right and time will tell.

No they didn't.

They have no idea what they are doing. That matters.

 
Thats horseshit and you know it. They can hop up on a stump and say anything and that doesnt make it so. Maricopa County commissioners and controllers are going to be in deep shit when all this comes out so I am sure their pronouncements are purely altruistic?....HELL NO!!

Think about....these fricking supposed audits thats dems did in various counties by supposed certified auditors took less than a week and no ballots were ever counted. This is a sham coverup and now they are trying to say these senate hired auditors are not certified and stupid....WOW!!! We are not stupid guys!! This is not rocket science and cyber ninjas and cypher have layed out in meticulous detail what they have done and cameras have been on the whole process 24X7 from start to finish. Additionally the only reason they had to do the audit in the arena instead of at Maricopa facilities was due to the MC commissioners being D**KS and insisting that the ballots could not be counted on premises. This entire msm smoke show over this audit is just that. Its only to smear and put into doubt the authenticity of the results Once again its not rocket science and the hired auditors are on the cutting edge of the processes that they are completing. The results of the audit will be authentic and real. They are counting the fricking ballots a 3rd time a this point in different ways just to compare the numbers. The results are going to be legit and you libs can cry all you want. Nothing can stop what is coming!
 
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No they didn't.

They have no idea what they are doing. That matters.

See the post that I just completed. You are wrong @iceheart08 You are hopelessly partial and blind to anything that will upset the boat that you ride in. Your side is going down. You might need to change party affiliation and say you saw the light. Go ask Lauren Boebert for a job.
 
Woody

I believe there is massive election fraud. They already found 74K mail in ballots that were not sent out. Where did they come from? We havent been given the ballot count totals or some other info yet either in AZ. This election was stolen on a massive level and they had to do it because Trump won by so much. Its all going to come out and nothing will stop whats coming. Thats my opinion. We have a disagreement and thats fine. We will see how this ends up playing out. You are entitled to have your opinion and beliefs and so am I. One of us is wrong and the other is right and time will tell.
When? That’s all I want you to say and you have yet to commit to anything. How long will they own you before you realize it?
 
When? That’s all I want you to say and you have yet to commit to anything. How long will they own you before you realize it?
We are not close to resolution at this point. What will you do other than disappear probably if/when the stolen election is proven?
 
Yes. There is zero credible evidence that Trump won. None. Nada. That's why he lost all of those court cases and why they are in the process of disbarring his lawyers for filing pleadings, not based on facts, but based on internet conspiracy theories. He lost for the reason I and others have said on here 10 times. About 10 to 15 percent of rocked rib republicans cannot stomach him. I can name numerous friends and relatives that never previously voted for a democrat that voted for Biden. All you have to do is look at vote totals in several states and you will see that other republicans on the ballot out performed him. So what do you think? Did the fraudulent votes also vote for down ballot republicans?
Omg this. I have literally never voted for a democrat. But this is exactly correct. Even worse, Trump has pushed many moderates away from the Republican Party for good. Ugh
 
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Thats horseshit and you know it. They can hop up on a stump and say anything and that doesnt make it so. Maricopa County commissioners and controllers are going to be in deep shit when all this comes out so I am sure their pronouncements are purely altruistic?....HELL NO!!

Think about....these fricking supposed audits thats dems did in various counties by supposed certified auditors took less than a week and no ballots were ever counted. This is a sham coverup and now they are trying to say these senate hired auditors are not certified and stupid....WOW!!! We are not stupid guys!! This is not rocket science and cyber ninjas and cypher have layed out in meticulous detail what they have done and cameras have been on the whole process 24X7 from start to finish. Additionally the only reason they had to do the audit in the arena instead of at Maricopa facilities was due to the MC commissioners being D**KS and insisting that the ballots could not be counted on premises. This entire msm smoke show over this audit is just that. Its only to smear and put into doubt the authenticity of the results Once again its not rocket science and the hired auditors are on the cutting edge of the processes that they are completing. The results of the audit will be authentic and real. They are counting the fricking ballots a 3rd time a this point in different ways just to compare the numbers. The results are going to be legit and you libs can cry all you want. Nothing can stop what is coming!
Oh forfvckssake you've got to be a professional troll. That's exactly what the Cyber Ninnies did - jumped up on a stump to say anything that would cast doubt, even though they knew they were lying or don't know what the fvck they are doing. It's one or the other and yes you are stupid. They conflated the early in-person ballots with the number of mail in ballots to come up with that 74,000 number and were immediately called out on it. They had no response because they knew they were wrong but they had already put it into the ether, where rubes like you gobble it up like MAGA moon pies. Here's the entire official statement.

Maricopa County



NEW: AZ Senate leadership hired unqualified auditors with a lack of election knowledge and a wealth of political bias. The claims these contractors made in yesterday’s briefing to senators were not based in fact. We stand by our elections professionals and refute these claims below.
CLAIM: 74,000 more mail-in ballots were counted in Nov. 2020 than were sent.
FACTS: The Maricopa County Elections Department calculated the true number of requests and returns:
REQUESTS = 2,364,426
RETURNS = 1,918,024
The claim is completely wrong. We don't know where Cyber Ninjas came up with that idea or number. Maricopa County provided additional details in this tweet: https://twitter.com/maricop.../status/1415834656528764932...
CLAIM: More than 11,000 names were added to the voter rolls after Election Day but were recorded as casting a ballot in the Nov. election.
FACTS: This is likely referring to people who cast provisional ballots. 18,310 provisional ballots were cast in the 2020 General Election.
These go through a rigorous verification process to make sure that the provisional ballots cast are only counted if the voter is eligible to vote in the election. This happens after Election Day. Only eligible voters are added to the voter rolls.
Of note: 7,605 provisional ballots were rejected in the General Election due to the individual not being registered to vote.
Since the Senate contractors are unqualified and untrained for this work, it's tough to know exactly what data they're using to come up with numbers.
CLAIM: Maricopa County relaxed signature verification requirements.
FACTS: This is simply not true. Maricopa County follows rigorous state signature verification guidelines. Staff receives training prior to elections to ensure compliance.
In June 2020 prior to the Primary Election, all full-time staff members that perform signature verification in Maricopa County completed a statewide signature verification certification course offered by the Associated Forensic Laboratory, LLC.
CLAIM: Maricopa County’s Duplication process allowed illegitimate ballots to be counted.
FACTS: When ballots are delivered to Maricopa County from military voters, overseas voters, large print ballots, braille ballots, or when they are too damaged to be read by a tabulator, Maricopa County duplicates these ballots to ensure the votes can still be counted. The Elections Department assigns a matching serial number to both the original and duplicated ballot. This number can be used to compare the ballots.
The accuracy of Maricopa County’s duplication process was confirmed in court (CV2020-015282 Ward v. Jackson) where the plaintiffs randomly sampled 1,626 duplicated ballots.
Read the statement from Board of Supervisors Chairman, Jack Sellers: https://content.govdelivery.com/.../AZM.../bulletins/2e852d0

 
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Oh forfvckssake you've got to be a professional troll. That's exactly what the Cyber Ninnies did - jumped up on a stump to say anything that would cast doubt, even though they knew they were lying or don't know what the fvck they are doing. It's one or the other and yes you are stupid. They conflated the early in-person ballots with the number of mail in ballots to come up with that 74,000 number and were immediately called out on it. They had no response because they knew they were wrong but they had already put it into the ether, where rubes like you gobble it up like MAGA moon pies. Here's the entire official statement.

Maricopa County



NEW: AZ Senate leadership hired unqualified auditors with a lack of election knowledge and a wealth of political bias. The claims these contractors made in yesterday’s briefing to senators were not based in fact. We stand by our elections professionals and refute these claims below.
CLAIM: 74,000 more mail-in ballots were counted in Nov. 2020 than were sent.
FACTS: The Maricopa County Elections Department calculated the true number of requests and returns:
REQUESTS = 2,364,426
RETURNS = 1,918,024
The claim is completely wrong. We don't know where Cyber Ninjas came up with that idea or number. Maricopa County provided additional details in this tweet: https://twitter.com/maricop.../status/1415834656528764932...
CLAIM: More than 11,000 names were added to the voter rolls after Election Day but were recorded as casting a ballot in the Nov. election.
FACTS: This is likely referring to people who cast provisional ballots. 18,310 provisional ballots were cast in the 2020 General Election.
These go through a rigorous verification process to make sure that the provisional ballots cast are only counted if the voter is eligible to vote in the election. This happens after Election Day. Only eligible voters are added to the voter rolls.
Of note: 7,605 provisional ballots were rejected in the General Election due to the individual not being registered to vote.
Since the Senate contractors are unqualified and untrained for this work, it's tough to know exactly what data they're using to come up with numbers.
CLAIM: Maricopa County relaxed signature verification requirements.
FACTS: This is simply not true. Maricopa County follows rigorous state signature verification guidelines. Staff receives training prior to elections to ensure compliance.
In June 2020 prior to the Primary Election, all full-time staff members that perform signature verification in Maricopa County completed a statewide signature verification certification course offered by the Associated Forensic Laboratory, LLC.
CLAIM: Maricopa County’s Duplication process allowed illegitimate ballots to be counted.
FACTS: When ballots are delivered to Maricopa County from military voters, overseas voters, large print ballots, braille ballots, or when they are too damaged to be read by a tabulator, Maricopa County duplicates these ballots to ensure the votes can still be counted. The Elections Department assigns a matching serial number to both the original and duplicated ballot. This number can be used to compare the ballots.
The accuracy of Maricopa County’s duplication process was confirmed in court (CV2020-015282 Ward v. Jackson) where the plaintiffs randomly sampled 1,626 duplicated ballots.
Read the statement from Board of Supervisors Chairman, Jack Sellers: https://content.govdelivery.com/.../AZM.../bulletins/2e852d0

Maricopa County and democrats in general are not the arbiter of what makes a certified auditor and there is not even a clearly defined definition of what a certified auditor is. This is like the far left wing fact checkers just rubber stamping anything the left says and conservatives will not accept it.

The fact is the AZ senate has the authority and hired the auditors they wanted and that group has performed most of an audit in painstaking documented fashion and those results are going to carry a lot of weight. The ballot number counts have not been released yet either. You better tighten your sphincter for when that happens.

Why is Maricopa County obstructing this audit? Why will they not turn over the router data? Why will not give the admin passwords to the voting machines. This clearly looks like they do not want the data being seen by independent auditors. An audit by nature is not supposed to be completed by your buddies. Its to be completed by an independent firm that get all the correct information.
 
Maricopa County and democrats in general are not the arbiter of what makes a certified auditor and there is not even a clearly defined definition of what a certified auditor is. This is like the far left wing fact checkers just rubber stamping anything the left says and conservatives will not accept it.

The fact is the AZ senate has the authority and hired the auditors they wanted and that group has performed most of an audit in painstaking documented fashion and those results are going to carry a lot of weight. The ballot number counts have not been released yet either. You better tighten your sphincter for when that happens.

Why is Maricopa County obstructing this audit? Why will they not turn over the router data? Why will not give the admin passwords to the voting machines. This clearly looks like they do not want the data being seen by independent auditors. An audit by nature is not supposed to be completed by your buddies. Its to be completed by an independent firm that get all the correct information.
I'll let this statement answer your question:

Statement from Chairman Jack Sellers On Senate Audit Briefing​

"It’s clear the people hired by Arizona Senate leadership to supposedly bring integrity to our elections are instead just bringing incompetence.

At today’s briefing, the Senate’s uncertified contractors asked a lot of open-ended questions, portraying as suspicious what is actually normal and well known to people who work in elections. In some cases, they dropped bombshell numbers that are simply not accurate.

What we heard today represents an alternate reality that has veered out of control since the November General Election. Senate leadership should be ashamed they broadcast the half-baked theories of the “Deep Rig” crowd to the world today.

To Senate leaders I say, stop accusing us of not cooperating when we have given you everything qualified auditors would need to do this job.

Finish your audit, release the report, and be prepared to defend it in Court."


 
I'll let this statement answer your question:

Statement from Chairman Jack Sellers On Senate Audit Briefing​

"It’s clear the people hired by Arizona Senate leadership to supposedly bring integrity to our elections are instead just bringing incompetence.

At today’s briefing, the Senate’s uncertified contractors asked a lot of open-ended questions, portraying as suspicious what is actually normal and well known to people who work in elections. In some cases, they dropped bombshell numbers that are simply not accurate.

What we heard today represents an alternate reality that has veered out of control since the November General Election. Senate leadership should be ashamed they broadcast the half-baked theories of the “Deep Rig” crowd to the world today.

To Senate leaders I say, stop accusing us of not cooperating when we have given you everything qualified auditors would need to do this job.

Finish your audit, release the report, and be prepared to defend it in Court."


You just regurgitated what you said the first time. Maricopa County Commissioners are in deep shit related to this. They have a vested interest in discrediting the audit that they have obstructed from day one. An audit ordered by the AZ state senate. This is no surprise at all and was expected.
 
You just regurgitated what you said the first time. Maricopa County Commissioners are in deep shit related to this. They have a vested interest in discrediting the audit that they have obstructed from day one. An audit ordered by the AZ state senate. This is no surprise at all and was expected.
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Libs just forget about the lame incorrect statement that they are not certified auditors. Additionally AZ state senate also comprised of democrats voted to conduct this audit and Maricopa County does not have the legal basis to defy the order.

 
I'll let this statement answer your question:

Statement from Chairman Jack Sellers On Senate Audit Briefing​

"It’s clear the people hired by Arizona Senate leadership to supposedly bring integrity to our elections are instead just bringing incompetence.

At today’s briefing, the Senate’s uncertified contractors asked a lot of open-ended questions, portraying as suspicious what is actually normal and well known to people who work in elections. In some cases, they dropped bombshell numbers that are simply not accurate.

What we heard today represents an alternate reality that has veered out of control since the November General Election. Senate leadership should be ashamed they broadcast the half-baked theories of the “Deep Rig” crowd to the world today.

To Senate leaders I say, stop accusing us of not cooperating when we have given you everything qualified auditors would need to do this job.

Finish your audit, release the report, and be prepared to defend it in Court."



be prepared to defend it in Court.

When MAGA people hear this, they scatter like cockroaches when someone turns on a light. It is one thing to spread lies in a public forum, but to so it in front of a judge... "oops"
 
Woody

I believe there is massive election fraud. They already found 74K mail in ballots that were not sent out. Where did they come from? We havent been given the ballot count totals or some other info yet either in AZ. This election was stolen on a massive level and they had to do it because Trump won by so much. Its all going to come out and nothing will stop whats coming. Thats my opinion. We have a disagreement and thats fine. We will see how this ends up playing out. You are entitled to have your opinion and beliefs and so am I. One of us is wrong and the other is right and time will tell.
No they didn't. The fact of the matter is that the head of Cyber Ninjas doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Just like he went into the Arizona Senate and reported that the entire database had been deleted, even though the newly elected REPUBLICAN head of the county elections said he had it up on his computer screen. THEN he had to go in and say.... oh, it wasn't deleted. NOW he's saying that there's 74K ballots that there's no record of being sent out... THAT'S because the ballots WEREN'T sent out. Arizona allows in person early voting and those ballots get thrown in with the mail in ballots for counting purposes.

He didn't know that, because he doesn't know what the hell he's doing and he runs his mouth before he finds out.
 
No they didn't. The fact of the matter is that the head of Cyber Ninjas doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Just like he went into the Arizona Senate and reported that the entire database had been deleted, even though the newly elected REPUBLICAN head of the county elections said he had it up on his computer screen. THEN he had to go in and say.... oh, it wasn't deleted. NOW he's saying that there's 74K ballots that there's no record of being sent out... THAT'S because the ballots WEREN'T sent out. Arizona allows in person early voting and those ballots get thrown in with the mail in ballots for counting purposes.

He didn't know that, because he doesn't know what the hell he's doing and he runs his mouth before he finds out.

Dude you are in IT so you should know better than to just talk shit without knowing. Cyber Ninjas and CYFIR have been in existence over 30 years and have worked extensively in the govt and military industrial complex arena. They are using cutting edge technology. Do you actually think with whats riding on this issue that AZ Senate would hire a bunch of yokels with a few computers sitting in their basement that are googling how to do stuff as they go?

These are top level multi disciplinary IT firms that have werewolf level studs working for them. This is a very legit audit and we havent even seen the vote counts yet that by the way will have been completed 3 times before numbers are divulged.
 
Fox News, now reports after a thorough investigation only 184 ballots in Arizona were possibly fraudulent, not nearly enough to tip the election to the cry baby sore loser. Of course the sore loser, with zero evidence, then attacks Fox. Somehow I think I've seen this movie before.
What a joke OP is. Of course, your bias and wishful thinking in no way taints your view. I guess the fact that they can't account for over 74k+ absentee ballots doesn't mean anything to you? Or the fact that Maricopa county won't turn over the servers? Or the fact that paper stock used in Trump leaning counties were not official and led to very high rates of rejection. If you were honest, you would admit that you would be going bat shit crazy if the shoe was on the other foot. And, you know it. Stealing elections is not democracy. And, this will ultimately lead to another civil war if you don't recognize that fact.
 
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What a joke OP is. Of course, your bias and wishful thinking in no way taints your view. I guess the fact that they can't account for over 74k+ absentee ballots doesn't mean anything to you? Or the fact that Maricopa county won't turn over the servers? Or the fact that paper stock used in Trump leaning counties were not official and led to very high rates of rejection. If you were honest, you would admit that you would be going bat shit crazy if the shoe was on the other foot. And, you know it. Stealing elections is not democracy. And, this will ultimately lead to another civil war if you don't recognize that fact.

But they can and have accounted for the 74K ballots you stupid horse's ass. And I guarantee you that if placed in front of a judge, that dipshit from Cyber Ninjas will not be making these same claims, because again lying to a judge is ILLEGAL.

And the fact that you are talking about a civil war because your man love for ****ing Donald Trump is so strong.... yikes. Maybe you should take your ass elsewhere to another country, we don't need you here talking about insurrection in the greatest country on earth. Traitorous scum like you and @TigerGrowls are a shit stain on our great nation.
 
But they can and have accounted for the 74K ballots you stupid horse's ass. And I guarantee you that if placed in front of a judge, that dipshit from Cyber Ninjas will not be making these same claims, because again lying to a judge is ILLEGAL.

And the fact that you are talking about a civil war because your man love for ****ing Donald Trump is so strong.... yikes. Maybe you should take your ass elsewhere to another country, we don't need you here talking about insurrection in the greatest country on earth. Traitorous scum like you and @TigerGrowls are a shit stain on our great nation.
Please put some duct tape on your tampon dude. We are having a spirited discussion only at this point.

Question- would obvious election fraud deniers be traitors to freedom, truth, and the constitution?
 
What a joke OP is. Of course, your bias and wishful thinking in no way taints your view. I guess the fact that they can't account for over 74k+ absentee ballots doesn't mean anything to you? Or the fact that Maricopa county won't turn over the servers? Or the fact that paper stock used in Trump leaning counties were not official and led to very high rates of rejection. If you were honest, you would admit that you would be going bat shit crazy if the shoe was on the other foot. And, you know it. Stealing elections is not democracy. And, this will ultimately lead to another civil war if you don't recognize that fact.
What a strange bird you are. Your flimsy allegations have already been debunked in this very thread, where it was literally explained where they came up with that 74,000 discrepancy and you repeat the talking point anyway. That's how gullible you treasonous assholes are. When the Cyber Ninnies were called out on the claim, they didn't even push back other than to say they should have answered their questions in private and they wouldn't have asked them in public. And just to clarify, they weren't making a claim, they were asking a question meant to get panty wipes like you in a tizzy. It's so sad that it actually worked.
 
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Please put some duct tape on your tampon dude. We are having a spirited discussion only at this point.

Question- would obvious election fraud deniers be traitors to freedom, truth, and the constitution?

election fraud “deniers” as you call them have had no problem standing in front of judges and supporting their claims that there was NO ELECTION FRAUD. Your people have yet to stand in front of a judge and make actual claims of election fraud, BECAUSE THEY CAN’T. lying to a judge is a crime. and the cyber ninjas guy will be the same.

This is what a Karen Fann said when starting the “audit”:

At no time,” she said, “have we ever implied or inferred that there was any intentional misdoings here in any way whatsoever.”

You are a shit stain on our great nation.
 
You don't discuss anything, you just lie like a dog and deserve to be called names for it. I'm sure it's maddening for you that your years long disinformation campaign keeps coming up with absolutely nothing of relevance.

maybe you replied to the wrong person?
 

Cyber Ninjas Found So Many Issues with the Voting Machines and Processes in Maricopa County It’s a Wonder the Previous Auditors Didn’t Find These Issues Too​

By Joe Hoft
Published July 18, 2021 at 4:53pm
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Ben Cotton’s team is auditing the IT-related practices and policies in the 2020 Election in Maricopa County. He shared some important items during his presentation last week that any good IT auditor would find.

We pointed out previously that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors hired two election firms because they knew these firms would give them a clean bill of health.
But Ben Cotton and his team were selected by the Cyber Ninjas to address the IT work related to Maricopa County’s results in the 2020 Election. Investigator Cotton from CyFIR performed work that the previous auditors should have covered.
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It’s a difficult task for these auditors because Maricopa County has been completely uncooperative, even with basic questions, referring auditors to lawyers. This all provides more support that the subjects under audit, the auditees, are guilty and doing everything they can to postpone the election.
Dominion has two full-time staff onsite servicing the Maricopa County election system. The current Dominion software was installed in August 2019. Since that date, there have been no antivirus updates, no operating system updates, or any security patches. Administrator accounts were also created on that date, each having the exact same password. These are actions of a ‘worst in class’ IT Department and it is a deliberate subterfuge of an election system. Common practice is to update patches on a much more regular basis.
Below is a list of items addressed by Cotton during his presentation to the Arizona Senate last Thursday.
  1. Auditors have collected over 2,000 Terabytes of data, the vast majority is video footage.
  2. What Maricopa County has told the public is often drastically different than their response to the legal subpoena.
  3. Maricopa didn’t use a forensically secure process to clone drives. Dates and times were altered by their cloning process.
  4. On March 11th, 2021 someone with Admin access to the (EMS) election management system ran a script that produced 37,646 queries looking for blank passwords. The system has only 8 user accounts. (see below)
  5. Windows Security Event Logs before February 5th, 2021 are missing.
  6. Every election Administrator account, no matter the user, all have the same password.
  7. When the Dominion software was installed in August 2019, Administrative passwords were created, and haven’t been changed since.
  8. The vulnerabilities that exist on the Maricopa election systems would take an average script kiddie less than 10 minutes to gain access to these systems.
  9. Maricopa’s election system uses ibutton key fobs as the 2nd step in logins. Maricopa and Dominion have refused to provide these fobs to auditors. (see below).
  10. It’s become readily apparent there are severe cybersecurity problems with the way the election management system and network was maintained.
  11. We are seeing anonymous logins at the system level that do not follow that pattern of normal Windows behavior.
  12. After both sides agreed on a solution, Maricopa County then refused to release that router data.
  13. Maricopa can’t check the configuration of its own election system without relying on Dominion employees.
  14. The two EAC audits hired by Maricopa earlier in the year appear not to have addressed cybersecurity aspects, not even shared passwords.
  15. Not a single bit of data was changed on any device in the auditor’s possession. Use of a “write block” device prevented this. Images were made bit by bit, then an MD5 hash value was applied. There is no need to purchase new machines.
  16. There have been no antivirus updates, operating system updates, or security patches applied to the election system since August 2019, the date Dominion software was installed.

Maricopa repeatedly told the public the election system did not touch the internet but this was not true. If so the system could not have comingled with other Maricopa County department’s data. To prevent the release of router information, the Board of Supervisors and Sheriff then said election router data DID mingle with critical information from other county departments. By using EAC auditors, Maricopa told the public election machines were safe and secure. They now say those same auditors can’t be hired to test the same machines. This week they approved the purchase of new Dominion machines at $3 million.
The use of ibuttons is unusual for PC logins, and is very old technology. These ibuttons are typically used to verify a location or for access control. For instance, a security guard touches his ibutton to various doors to verify he walked his patrol. In Maricopa County, after you login as an election Admin, you must also use a preprogrammed ibutton to obtain access to the Dominion election system. Maricopa County stated only Dominion staff have the Admin ibuttons and both organizations have refused to help the auditors obtain them.
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Overall, the IT-related observations of control practices to date are horrible. In some cases, the County is using old technology. In other cases, the processes are broken or even non-existent. With such as mess, how did the IT election auditors hired by the county not notice them?

 
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