Posted on Jul 28, 2022
Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
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For the last two years, Arizona has been a hive of election denialism.
State Senate Republicans spearheaded a deeply flawed review of the 2020 vote in Arizona's largest county, keeping Maricopa County in the spotlight for months.
Former President Donald Trump was in the state just last week to stump for a slate of election-denying Republican candidates, including gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake and state Rep. Mark Finchem, who's running for secretary of state.
Despite the discredited review and false claims about the 2020 election, this year's primary, coming up on Tuesday, isn't all that different in Maricopa County.
"For all the noise that has been made regarding election administration, from the user's perspective it's going to look very similar to the 2020 experience," said Stephen Richer, a Republican who is the Maricopa County recorder.
Richer is quick to point out that the election review, for all its flaws, found nothing off with Maricopa County elections, as the county thoroughly debunked claims of wrongdoing. The review also confirmed Trump lost the state in 2020.
"I think that we've had more scrutiny over the Maricopa County elections process than any jurisdiction in the United States," Richer said. "And, you know, that process has been found to not be fundamentally flawed."
For the last two years, Arizona has been a hive of election denialism.
State Senate Republicans spearheaded a deeply flawed review of the 2020 vote in Arizona's largest county, keeping Maricopa County in the spotlight for months.
Former President Donald Trump was in the state just last week to stump for a slate of election-denying Republican candidates, including gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake and state Rep. Mark Finchem, who's running for secretary of state.
Despite the discredited review and false claims about the 2020 election, this year's primary, coming up on Tuesday, isn't all that different in Maricopa County.
"For all the noise that has been made regarding election administration, from the user's perspective it's going to look very similar to the 2020 experience," said Stephen Richer, a Republican who is the Maricopa County recorder.
Richer is quick to point out that the election review, for all its flaws, found nothing off with Maricopa County elections, as the county thoroughly debunked claims of wrongdoing. The review also confirmed Trump lost the state in 2020.
"I think that we've had more scrutiny over the Maricopa County elections process than any jurisdiction in the United States," Richer said. "And, you know, that process has been found to not be fundamentally flawed."
Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
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Election 2020
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Patricia Overmeyer
1SG Mark Gomez: Hey, we don't grow them stupid in AZ, we just put them out in the sun to bake.
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MSG Roy Cheever: Exactly what election laws and rules for Arizona were broken by the Democrats? Even that clown-car sideshow at the Madhouse on McDowell conceded that Biden won Maricopa County. How do you explain the down ballot Republicans who were elected to office in Maricopa County? Were they elected by election laws and rules that were broken by the Democrats? I'm trying to figure out how you can come to your conclusion about these rules and laws being broken in Arizona when you cite no evidence.
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LTC Eugene Chu - The whole lot of the "fake electors" from Arizona have all received subpoenas from the J6 Committee. And they have all lawyered up. Now they are getting subpoenas from the DoJ. This shall be interesting to watch.
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Patricia Overmeyer be careful Cheever might go calling you a pinko,commie, or pinko commie for questioning him
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There are three PA counties who refuse to certify for Biden. And a MEGA MAGA Illusion candidate is running for governor.
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