Of course, to more easily cheat. For all the talk of respecting the US constitution, Democrats are the biggest traitors around, add our resident ET trolls to the mix. They do not care if the US is destroyed, as long as they are able to cling onto power. One day, US patriots in the future will be in positions of power, these swamp creatures, a lot of them would be dead, including most of us including, ET trolls too. Then, they will restore law and order to the US and charge and throw in jail all these remaining swamp creatures. We might not see it in our lifetime but, it will happen. Take that to the bank. God will judge the traitors in the after life. There will be no favors to bail them out and they will all be held accountable. Satan will gladly, torture them for eternity.
smallfil Do not bring the name of God into your bullshit trolling. Pathetic loser of a human being that does that crap. Seriously, check your posting history the day of and days after the Insurrection on America's Democracy on January 6th 2021...did you bring the name of God into any discussion here at Elitetrader.com about the behavior of the insurrectionists after people died, people injured and many more scarred for life ??? Did you chant hang Mike Pence / Kill Pelosi or did you ask God to forgive the insurrectionists for what they were doing ??? Seriously, leave God out of your bullshit trolling. Trump or Trump Corp will soon be judged in a court of law just as some of the insurrectionists are being judged in a court of law. When they are convicted...I will be watching your posting to see how important God really is to you or if you're just another religious hypocrite although we already have that answer involving your posting history soon after January 6th 2021. #stopwhitewashing The Big Lie / Insurrection of the Capitol / Bogus Audits / Disenfranchisement Laws...they're all connected. That's the attack on Democracy. wrbtrader
The circus continues... Observers of the Arizona audit say they were mocked over shirt color and witnessed software malfunctions, security violations, and personnel issues with the controversial GOP-led ballot count https://www.businessinsider.com/obs...tware-malfunctions-security-violations-2021-6 Observers of the ongoing Arizona election audit have alleged several security and equipment concerns. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs shared a summary of incidents witnesses have noted in the past week. Witnesses said they saw three non-residents rifling through thousands of ballots last week. Observers of the ongoing audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona have alleged several problematic incidents last week during the controversial recount. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs published a summary of "new and ongoing" incidents that were noted by observers during the audit beginning on May 24. Among the observations are security concerns, equipment concerns, communication concerns, and policy or press changes. On Tuesday, she tweeted a link to the summary, saying: "Since the start of the Senate's so-called audit, my office has had concerns over the lack of transparency and even took legal action to ensure we had election experts on the ground." Earlier this year, the state's GOP-controlled Senate chose Cyber Ninjas, a private firm, to carry out another count of the 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County, where President Joe Biden beat Trump by more than 45,000 votes. Since the start of the audit, Hobbes, who is a Democrat, has positioned herself as an outspoken critic of the recount, citing concerns over a lack of transparency and even taking legal action to ensure elections experts are on the ground during the process. In the past week, those experts said they have reportedly witnessed security gates left open and unattended, confidential materials being left in the open, prohibited pens near the ballots multiple times, unauthorized cell phones on the counting floor, and confirmation that concealed firearms are allowed on the counting floor. Observers noted Cyber Ninjas software malfunctions that forced the company to roll back an update in the middle of the day. Witnesses also allege Senate Liaison Ken Bennett confirmed that copies of the voting system data were sent to an unspecified lab in Montana, with no mention of what they intend to do with copies of the data or for how long they will keep the data. Bennett did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. One observer alleges that Audit Co-chair Randy Pullen told one observer that the shirt he was required to wear on the floor "made him look like a transgender," due to the pink color. Witnesses said audit organizers refer to them as "pinkies" or "pinkos," implying that they are communists. Pullen did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Throughout the week, witnesses said they noted "general confusion" among organizers and a lack of quality control practices in place meant to ensure data is entered correctly. On May 29, witnesses said they saw at least three people who are not Maricopa County residents "rifling through" thousands of military and overseas ballots. Cyber Ninjas has no previous election experience and is spearheaded by a Trump supporter who promoted false conspiracy claims last fall. The recount decision was made in spite of the county's Republican-controlled board of supervisors objecting to it, saying the election had already been audited more than once by credible firms. Cyber Ninjas did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Experts Call It A 'Clown Show' But Arizona 'Audit' Is A Disinformation Blueprint NPR - https://tinyurl.com/vkyxvprs To Matt Masterson, the review of 2020 ballots from Maricopa County, Ariz., that's currently underway is "performance art" or "a clown show," and definitely "a waste of taxpayer money." But it's not an audit. "It's an audit in name only," says Masterson, a former Department of Homeland Security official who helped lead the federal government's election security preparations leading up to November's election. "It's a threat to the overall confidence of democracy, all in pursuit of continuing a narrative that we know to be a lie." By lie, he means the assertion from former President Donald Trump and some of his allies that election fraud cost him a second term in the White House. Step 1: Create a false reality At a basic level, it's a victory for those looking to sow doubt in the 2020 election results just to have them still being litigated six months after Election Day. To be clear, Maricopa County's election results have already been audited multiple times by companies with experience in the field, with no issues being uncovered. This latest process however is being run by a company without election experience that's led by a CEO who has spread election-related conspiracy theories. Actual election audits have consistent and transparent procedures, often established in state law, but this has none of that, says Jennifer Morrell, a former election official and a national expert on election auditing. Morrell observed the process in person in Arizona for a week. "They were sort of making up the process," Morrell said. "They were improvising as they went along." Vote counters used conveyer wheels to tally ballots, often having to grab the wheel to stop it from moving too quickly past them. Other volunteers did data entry into a spreadsheet with no quality control checks in place to make sure they entered it correctly. Observers from the Arizona Secretary of State's office have documented a series of " problematic practices, changing policies, and security threats that have plagued this exercise from the start." In short, it's been an unreliable mess. And Morrell says she's sure whatever count the "auditors" come up with won't match the official tally. But by calling it an audit, the process gains credibility in the eyes of people who don't know better, says Francesca Tripodi, an information studies professor at the University of North Carolina. The title itself is a misinformation tactic. "The strategy in calling it an audit to begin with creates the illusion of legality — the illusion of a government-backed agency," Tripodi said. "And when I think of an audit, I think of wrongdoing immediately." Step 2: Hit the airwaves Normally, election audits are mundane, sparsely attended affairs. But this one has its own Twitter account (with 68,000 followers) and a livestream on the pro-Trump One America News Network, which has also raised money on air to fund the audit. "It's terrifying," Morrell said. "We've suddenly said it's OK to hand our ballots over to a third-party organization with political bias, with no experience, who get to make up the rules and then make a decision or a determination based on what they do on whether or not the outcome of the election was correct." The only way it works, however, is if people know about it. And if it gets covered in a way that doesn't note the audit's technical shortcomings. That's where the conservative media ecosystem steps in. An NPR analysis of social media engagement data from the online analytics firm Newswhip found that the 10 most popular stories about the "audit" on social media were all published by conservative publications, many of which have also pushed the false idea that Trump may be the rightful president. Newswhip's engagement data encompasses how many times an article was shared, commented on or liked across Facebook, Pinterest and much of Twitter. The company analyzed a time period from April 1 through May 25 at the request of NPR. Five of the top 10 most popular links came from WesternJournal.com, a conservative clickbait site that furthers right-wing narratives and conspiracies. "It's rather odd that we are constantly reassured that every aspect of the 2020 election was entirely safe, secure and kosher, and yet the ongoing election audit process in Arizona's Maricopa County seems to have been marred with confounding setbacks at every turn," begins one such articlepublished by The Western Journal. "Are they trying to validate claims that the election was stolen? Because this is how you validate claims that the election was stolen." Step 3: Use the doubt to sow more doubt The audit is a perfect example of how false information can be used to fuel more false information in a seemingly never-ending cycle. A recent Fox News poll found that 82% of Trump voters believe thatillegal voting is a "major threat" to the stability of the U.S., even though election fraud has never been revealed to be a widespread issue in American politics. Those fears were surely amplified by Trump's false rhetoric around election security last year. Now Republican lawmakers are using those fears to to justify major changes to state voting laws, as many officials feared they would. "I don't know what's legit, what isn't legit, but why wouldn't we want to answer those questions?" Karen Fann, the president of the Arizona state Senate who initiated the review of Maricopa County's results, said in an interview last week with CNN. In some states, that may mean clamping down on voter access, to chase a fraud bogeyman that doesn't exist. In others, it may mean more of these sorts of "audits." Three Republican state lawmakers from Pennsylvania visited the site of the Arizona recount Wednesday to observe the process. State Sen. Doug Mastriano was among them, and while he declined interview requests about the visit from the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal and a local radio station, according to reporter Ali Vetnar, he granted one to OANN. Private "audit" efforts are now sprouting in other swing states too, like Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin. "The incentive structure that has been created is one in which so far we've seen zero accountability for lying and pushing these narratives," Masterson, the former DHS official, said. "We don't see anyone really, truly being held accountable."
If the audit reveals no significant fraud, you will suddenly claim that the participants are expert auditors.