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Nevilledog

(51,080 posts)
Mon May 17, 2021, 04:59 PM May 2021

Chairman of Maricopa Board of Supervisors has had it with the fraudit



Tweet text:
Maricopa County
@maricopacounty
Chairman @jacksellers: "As Chairman of this Board, I just want to make it clear I will not be responding to any more requests from this sham process. Finish what you're calling an audit and be ready to defend your report in a court of law."
1:53 PM · May 17, 2021
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Chairman of Maricopa Board of Supervisors has had it with the fraudit (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2021 OP
Letter Board sent to the Senate Nevilledog May 2021 #1
Heaven forbid! MerryHolidays May 2021 #2
Now THAT is an exquisitely eloquent "FUCK YOU!" 11 Bravo May 2021 #3
Ya thems fightin words lol! Volaris May 2021 #29
WOW!!!HOLY EFFIN OVERSIGHT, BATMAN!!! AZ8theist May 2021 #10
That's a textbook bitch-slap. cab67 May 2021 #11
This deserves a thread of its own! lastlib May 2021 #15
Just posted it. Nevilledog May 2021 #21
"You have rented out the once good name of the Arizona State Senate to grifters and con-artists," ffr May 2021 #16
I urge anyone interested to read it. cynical_idealist May 2021 #23
I don't think I have ever read anything like it. Pacifist Patriot May 2021 #28
Wow!!!!!! Pacifist Patriot May 2021 #27
Link is a download lame54 May 2021 #38
It's a direct link to the letter at the Maricopa gov site Nevilledog May 2021 #39
And now it's on my phone lame54 May 2021 #40
I can't get it to save or send to my uncle in Phoenix Unwind Your Mind May 2021 #47
I found the salutation to be quite ironic. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #42
Oh, that was goooood! Iggo May 2021 #51
There is a huge problem with this letter... SKKY May 2021 #54
Every last AZ Senator who voted to allow this should be facing criminal charges ... period (nt) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #4
M$Greedia has done all a disservice by calling it an audit malaise May 2021 #5
100% agreed! Caliman73 May 2021 #7
A bunch of fascist clowns parading as auditors malaise May 2021 #17
A bunch of fascist clowns parading as auditors malaise May 2021 #18
Fake audit by a fake political party. NT Baked Potato May 2021 #6
Being conducted by inept buffoons who have no idea what they're doing! 🤣 ShazzieB May 2021 #35
Yep! Baked Potato May 2021 #41
Wow, rantings of a 'petulant child". Man, gotta love the drafters of this missive. It is a CLASSIC! machoneman May 2021 #8
Yes. Right to the handle. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #43
good Skittles May 2021 #9
Maybe criminal charges against Fr-auditers. NCjack May 2021 #12
I Love The Term "Frauditors" COL Mustard May 2021 #25
As do I! BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #44
Love it. lindysalsagal May 2021 #13
I love it! niyad May 2021 #14
Chairman of Maricopa Board of Supervisors has had it with the fraudit FelineOverlord May 2021 #19
Great letter. Snarky as hell calling out these ignorant ass-holes. Pepsidog May 2021 #20
Finally! Thank you! I can't believe it went on as long as it did! liberalla May 2021 #22
Isn't He A Republican? COL Mustard May 2021 #24
He's a Republican Nevilledog May 2021 #26
Damn!!!! sdfernando May 2021 #30
Let them put out report then election Chairman should sue them for slander. Jon King May 2021 #31
That was frigging fabulous! Olafjoy May 2021 #32
I haven't had time to read the letter yet, but what I've read, I love! ShazzieB May 2021 #33
That letter is as impressive as hell. Enough is enough! nt Hekate May 2021 #34
Chairman of Maricopa Board of Supervisors has had it with the fraudit FelineOverlord May 2021 #36
That letter was absolutely beautiful! SeattleVet May 2021 #37
Now it's time to say: 'enough is enough.' It is time to push back on the big lie." LetMyPeopleVote May 2021 #45
i read the whole thing... Takket May 2021 #46
Some major slams in this thing jmowreader May 2021 #48
Yeah... DiamondShark May 2021 #49
Bet they didn't see this coming. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #50
That letter is perfect liberalmediaaddict May 2021 #52
Great letter Wild blueberry May 2021 #53
Really enjoyed this thread. Very entertaining. Thank you Chairman Sellers! liberalla May 2021 #55

MerryHolidays

(7,715 posts)
2. Heaven forbid!
Mon May 17, 2021, 05:12 PM
May 2021

The letter is detailed, precise, and full of facts.

But I am sure the "auditors" and their supporters will focus on the fact that a fellow named "Bill Gates" is one of the signatories.....it's a CONSPIRACY, I TELL 'YA!!!!! ( )

AZ8theist

(5,456 posts)
10. WOW!!!HOLY EFFIN OVERSIGHT, BATMAN!!!
Mon May 17, 2021, 05:55 PM
May 2021

I just read that letter start to finish, and if that doesn't expose the utter IDIOCY of this so-called "audit", nothing will.

Cyber Scumbags and the Arizona Repuke Party are a complete fucking joke.

They are made out to be complete fucking fools, point by point. No wonder, their "god", Benedict Dotard is crowing about this: it's a COMPLETE LIE and SCAM. The exact ideals he has lived his entire despicable life by....

ffr

(22,669 posts)
16. "You have rented out the once good name of the Arizona State Senate to grifters and con-artists,"
Mon May 17, 2021, 06:19 PM
May 2021

... who are fundraising hard-earned money from our fellow citizens even as your contractors parade around the Coliseum, hunting or bamboo and something they call “kinematic artifacts” while shining purple lights for effect....

pg. 2

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
42. I found the salutation to be quite ironic.
Mon May 17, 2021, 08:38 PM
May 2021

"The Honorable Karen Fann"

Oh, really?


I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall when she opened that letter...and then when she shared the contents with whoever she felt wouldn't mock her for years to come.

SKKY

(11,803 posts)
54. There is a huge problem with this letter...
Tue May 18, 2021, 12:30 PM
May 2021

It contains facts. And when you talk about how SQL services act when a server is shut down, or metadata, well, let's be honest you lose a lot of people. The kind of people what watch Fox, Newsmax, and OANN. Bamboo fibers in ballots are easier to understand than fairly complex IT technology. The Tweet that read, and I'm paraphrasing, "Finish your audit, and be prepared to defend it in court." Now THAT'S the message we need to send.

Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
7. 100% agreed!
Mon May 17, 2021, 05:41 PM
May 2021

This was never an audit. It was another attempt to muddy the waters and keep the false narrative of the "stolen" election going. When the media uses right wing framing, it gives their stupidity some legitimacy. At very least they should have put, "so called" in front of the phrase, at very least.

malaise

(268,930 posts)
17. A bunch of fascist clowns parading as auditors
Mon May 17, 2021, 06:25 PM
May 2021

These fools know nothing about auditing - M$Greedia is responsible for a lot of this shit.

malaise

(268,930 posts)
18. A bunch of fascist clowns parading as auditors
Mon May 17, 2021, 06:25 PM
May 2021

These fools know nothing about auditing - M$Greedia is responsible for a lot of this shit.

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
8. Wow, rantings of a 'petulant child". Man, gotta love the drafters of this missive. It is a CLASSIC!
Mon May 17, 2021, 05:42 PM
May 2021

Geez, Louise talk about burying the burying the hatchet!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
43. Yes. Right to the handle.
Mon May 17, 2021, 08:41 PM
May 2021

Smashing ribs, severing veins and arteries and very close to ending life. A truly hatchet-burying exercise!

Skittles

(153,149 posts)
9. good
Mon May 17, 2021, 05:54 PM
May 2021

reminds me when Hawaii officials stopped responding to inquiries regarding Obama's birth certificate. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
31. Let them put out report then election Chairman should sue them for slander.
Mon May 17, 2021, 07:49 PM
May 2021

Like she said, bring your fake audit into court. Its not going to change one mind either way. Just ignore it publically, let them put out their fake findings, then the election board Chairman should sue them for slander and force them into court. They will be made fools of like the other 60 times.

ShazzieB

(16,370 posts)
33. I haven't had time to read the letter yet, but what I've read, I love!
Mon May 17, 2021, 07:54 PM
May 2021

I love the way this letter pulls absolutely no punches and tells the perpetrators of this clown show (as Rachel Maddow has been calling it) exactly how ridiculous the whole thing is.

The final paragraph is a masterpiece in itself:

"It is time to end this. For the good of the Senate, for the good of the Country
and for the good of the Democratic institutions that define us as Americans."

BOOM!

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
37. That letter was absolutely beautiful!
Mon May 17, 2021, 08:04 PM
May 2021

Well worth the time to read it completely. It totally dismantles all of the reich-wing 'Qonspiracy' theories with facts, making lucid explanations on every point. It goes into detailed explanations (in short, easy to read words, for the frauditors benefit) of how the process works and how the people involved are in completely over their heads and in no way qualified to 'audit' a Monopoly game, much less an election.

Should be distributed far and wide.

I'm hoping that some of the people I served with and once regarded as highly intelligent and extremely logical people before they fall into tRump's MAGA-world rabbit hole will read it and have their eyes opened, at least a little bit.

Takket

(21,560 posts)
46. i read the whole thing...
Mon May 17, 2021, 09:25 PM
May 2021

like a good book, i couldn't put it down. it is an absolutely excellent fact based response while at the same time necessarily pointing out how amateurish and politically motivated this entire process is.

The author likens what is happening in the "audit" to someone that has used Windows waltzing into Microsoft world HQ and demanding to know how they write code without having any knowledge at all of how these procedures work.

And drumpf voters still stupidly believe with all these security procedures in place that people can just dump a thousand photocopied ballots from China drop box and expect them to be counted.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
48. Some major slams in this thing
Mon May 17, 2021, 10:49 PM
May 2021

From pages 10 to 11:

"Your chosen 'auditors,' the Cyber Ninjas, are certainly many things. But 'accredited by the EAC' is not one of them. Regardless, we cannot give you a password that we do not possess any more than we can give you the formula for Coca Cola."

liberalmediaaddict

(766 posts)
52. That letter is perfect
Tue May 18, 2021, 03:29 AM
May 2021

I admire our election officials more and more for standing up to this Big Lie insanity. The letter is detailed and backed up with facts and I guarantee Trump, the Cyber Ninjas and the MAGA morons in the AZ Senate won't understand or believe a word of it even if they actually bother to read it.


Wild blueberry

(6,623 posts)
53. Great letter
Tue May 18, 2021, 12:12 PM
May 2021

As a poll worker and chief election inspector for our small town, I cannot imagine handing out ballots like the AZ Senate did. Isn't that illegal, as a violation of election law? They should also be indicted, as should the judge who said Let 'er rip.

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