Lawsuits against Maricopa County elections officials

[struggle4progress]

Author: Mitch Carr (12News)
Published: 10:16 PM MST November 4, 2020
Updated: 10:16 PM MST November 4, 2020

... Attorney Alexander Kolodin represents a voter identified as Laurie Aguilera as well as ten unidentified Arizona voters in a suit against Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors ...

“Plaintiff completed her ballot with the provided Sharpie. While completing it, she noticed the ink was bleeding through,” the suit reads. It goes on to say that the machine failed to read Aguilera’s ballot and those poll workers would not provide her with a second ballot nor a duplicate ballot when the ballot was not read. She believes her vote was not counted ...

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has said on several occasions that using a Sharpie to fill in a ballot is perfectly fine. The Maricopa County Elections Department even released this YouTube video on Oct. 24, saying the same.

The Maricopa County Elections Department said Wednesday it could not comment on pending litigation, but in an interview conducted earlier Wednesday with spokeswoman Erika Flores, Flores said the department actually prefers Sharpies ...

https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/elections/arizona-voters-file-lawsuits-against-maricopa-county-elections-officials-for-canceled-ballots/75-1baae1d6-39ff-4109-b6db-19ffefc1d816

[struggle4progress]

1. Can I use a Sharpie on my Ballot?

[applegrove]

2. Thanks for the context.

[struggle4progress]

3. Sharpies will not invalidate your ballot

azfamily.com News Staff
Updated 4 hrs ago | Posted on Nov 4, 2020

... Erika Flores, spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Elections Department ... said ... Sharpies are allowed. That's because the new tabulation equipment counts votes in a such a way that bleed-throughs are not a problem. "I am not aware of any ballots that have been canceled because of the use of Sharpies," Flores said ...

https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/election_headquarters/sharpies-will-not-invalidate-your-ballot-maricopa-county-officials-say/article_b4906792-1e88-11eb-9ff1-4fd0a99ca009.html

[blogslut]

4. I'm going to assume those ballots are printed on cardstock

Not much bleedthrough with cardstock

[mr_lebowski]

10. They are thick, and coated ... I used a Sharpie ...

There was no bleed-through and I'd have noticed because you fill in both sides.

[Thekaspervote]

5. Easy enough to prove. Mark a ballot with a sharpie and see if it's read...or not

I spoiled my ballot in 2000. The election official was nasty about giving me another ballot but I would not relent.

Grow a spine!!

[TheRealNorth]

6. That's what recounts are for and trying to ascertain the intent of the voter

Now Republican's care about ascertaining the intent of the voter when they don't follow the rules exactly?

[Quixote1818]

7. She isn't too Sharpie is she? nt

[Bigredhunk]

8. -

hanging chad

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Insane. We use cardstock ballots and sharpies. If a ballot is not read properly, we give up to two..

replacement ballots. Sharpies are best for clear, black ovals.

Ballots are never rejected because of the sharpie, but are rejected if the voter does something stupid like puts "X"s in the ovals or overvotes.