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TexasTowelie

(112,168 posts)
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 12:56 AM Apr 2021

Judge rejects call for secret election audit hearing from auditors, Senate Republicans

A Wednesday court hearing to determine whether election auditors hired by Arizona Senate Republicans can shield the policies and procedures guiding their work from the public will take place in open court after a judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the auditors and Republicans to bar the press and the public from the court.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin ruled that the hearing would be open to the public, despite objections by lawyers representing Senate Republicans and Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based firm hired to lead the audit.

Attorneys representing the auditors argued that policies and procedures largely related to security needed to remain under seal in order to keep “bad actors” from manipulating the hand-recount of the 2020 election that is taking place on the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Attorney Alexander Kolodin, who is representing Cyber Ninjas, said that the documents contain plans to respond to security incidents and show vulnerabilities of the one-time basketball arena where the nearly 2.1 million ballots are stored.

Read more: https://www.azmirror.com/2021/04/27/judge-rejects-call-for-secret-election-audit-hearing-from-auditors-senate-republicans/

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Judge rejects call for secret election audit hearing from auditors, Senate Republicans (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP
Now there's some good news! PortTack Apr 2021 #1
Probably so soothsayer Apr 2021 #9
The "bad actors" are already manipulating... SergeStorms Apr 2021 #2
I see projection people. n/t royable Apr 2021 #3
Yes. They've already formulated their decision... SergeStorms Apr 2021 #5
'will take place in open court after a judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the auditors elleng Apr 2021 #4
All they need now... orwell Apr 2021 #6
These idiots are too stupid to reason with LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #7
The lawyer is the same asshat who filed the "Sharpiegate" lawsuit... AZ8theist Apr 2021 #8

PortTack

(32,766 posts)
1. Now there's some good news!
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 01:10 AM
Apr 2021

I really wonder if part of the plan is to see who voted democratic and then later do a huge voter purge

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
2. The "bad actors" are already manipulating...
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 01:10 AM
Apr 2021

the hand count. The "bad actors" are the so-called "Cyber Ninjas", an outfit no one has ever heard of before, and have never audited a recount of 7th graders "mock elections", let alone a presidential election that has already been audited (by professionals) twice. Oh, and they want to keep their "methods" top secret.

Nothing funny going on here, is there.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
5. Yes. They've already formulated their decision...
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 01:35 AM
Apr 2021

now all they have to do is reverse engineer some dubious "methods" as to how they arrived at that decision.

elleng

(130,895 posts)
4. 'will take place in open court after a judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the auditors
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 01:17 AM
Apr 2021

and Republicans to bar the press and the public from the court.'

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