State Senators Demand LD20 Ballots!

[Hello_Kitty]

Arizona: Senators Call on County Attorney Andy Thomas to Approve Release of Ballots
By Jack Harper, Arizona State Senator
December 08, 2005
“It’s Time to Restore Integrity and Confidence to Election Process"


Arizona State Senator Jack Harper, a Republican, has issued subpoenas for access to ballots and tabulation equipment used in the 2004 LD20 Republican primary election, in which a machine recount in Maricopa County resulted in nearly 500 more votes counted on the same ballots. The data shows pretty conclusively that either the optical scanners failed (ES&S Optech IV-C) or there was tampering or at least mishandling of the ballots. The Maricopa County election officials have not been forthcoming as to the cause of the discrepancy. Harper has been talking with Doug Jones about conducting tests here later this month. The state senators supporting Harper are all Republicans, which is great, as this makes this a bipartisan concern here. Unfortunately, Harper is getting a lot of pressure from the Senate leadership to drop this investigation. Nevertheless, he just released the following message:
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Stating that it is time to restore integrity and confidence to Arizona’s election process, Senators Jack Harper, Karen Johnson, Thayer Verschoor, and Ron Gould called on Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas to respect the legislative subpoena issued by the Senate Government Accountability and Reform Committee and direct Maricopa County Treasurer David Schweikert to comply with the legislative subpoena and release the ballots from the 2004 District 20 Republican Primary to the Committee.

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http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=459&Itemid=113

[jillan]

1. wow - even the repugs noticed something wasn't right.

It really bothers me that Az was in a tie (within the margin of error) right before the election, and
bsh cleaned up. bs! I heard on the M&M show that Brewer is trying to install Diebold touchscreen machines. Maybe this is what this article is really about, the repugs making a case to get new equipment??

We all need to fight this. I can't wait to send Kyl to Sun City to retire!