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Maricopa Election Officials Run Afoul of State Law Mandating “Impartiality” in Lake Vs. Hobbs Election, Carries Penalty of Up to Four Months in Prison
Breaking: County Supervisors in Arizona Strong-Armed with Threats of Jail if they do Not Certify Hobbs as Winner Over Kari Lake, Despite Reservations Update: Mojave County Supervisor votes ‘Yes’ (a…
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Breaking: County Supervisors in Arizona Strong-Armed with Threats of Jail if they do Not Certify Hobbs as Winner Over Kari Lake, Despite Reservations
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona, led by Chairman Bill Gates, has certified the results of the deeply flawed gubernatorial election in favor of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who then, as the state’s highest election official, would be in the unusual position of certifying her own controversial election.
The move is announced even as the county is embroiled in an investigation into “potential statutory violations” of Arizona’s election laws, announce last week by AZ Attorney General Mark Brnovich. [ PDF of official letter from AZ Attorney General to Maricopa County]
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According to the AZ election statute, Title 16, 16-452, the duties of the AZ Secretary of State and boards of supervisors, regarding elections, include conducting elections with a “maximum degree” of “impartiality.” The statute reads:
“After consultation with each county board of supervisors or other officer in charge of elections, the secretary of state shall prescribe rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, uniformity and efficiency on the procedures for early voting and voting, and of producing, distributing, collecting, counting, tabulating and storing ballots. “
The same section of Title 16, 16-452, also reads:
“A person who violates any rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.”
AZ state law 13-707 stipulates that class 2 misdemeanors may be punished by up to four months in prison.
Maricopa Board of Supervisors Chairman Gates has on at least one occasion expressed personal political bias against GOP candidate Kari Lake. KTAR News in Phoenix wrote in August 5, 2022:
“Republican Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates said Thursday the party may need to lose in order to move away from candidates who deny election results.”
In other words, as the state’s most powerful election official at the head of its most populous county, with over 60% of the population, Gates seemed to all but say he would be more inclined to grant candidates a fair election if they did not engage in speech he did not like. Kari Lake forcefully questions the results of the 2020 election.
Strong Evidence of Blatant Violation of Law Requiring “Maximum Degree” of “Impartiality”
The Arizona Sun Times reports that areas impacted by tabulation machine and printer problems on election day averaged 300% more registered Republicans than Democrats. The table below lists the 70 voting centers named by Maricopa County as having tabulator/ballot printer problems .Furthermore, the list shows that any Democrat-heavy districts, where Democrats comprised more than 50% of the registrations, were spared.
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