Our own PolitiBunny is working on a post right now about Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake going off in a righteous rant about the problems they’re having with tabulation machines there. As Harmeet Dhillon reported this morning, about 20 percent of the tabulation machines aren’t working, and voters could either wait for them to be fixed, vote at another location, or leave their ballot in a lock box and have it counted later as if it were a mail-in ballot.
We thought we’d give you the official word from the Maricopa County Election Department, which put together a video this morning explaining just what the problem is and how they’re working to fix it.
Here is a message from Chairman Bill Gates and Recorder Stephen Richer with an update for @maricopacounty voters on Elections Day. pic.twitter.com/OkQczCklGb
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 8, 2022
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— Lauren Southern (@Lauren_Southern) November 8, 2022
You literally have one job and you canāt do it. Resign.
— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) November 8, 2022
How in the hell can 1/5 of vote tabulating machines in the biggest county in the state stop working on Election Day?
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) November 8, 2022
Katie Hobbs in charge of running the election in Arizona today while on the ballot for governor and 20% of the voting machines in Maricopa, the state's largest county, are not working. I'm starting to think @KariLake may have a point about the problems with our elections.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 8, 2022
Win or lose, Katie Hobbs has a LOT to answer for with all these broken-down machines in Arizona.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) November 8, 2022
Report directly to jail.
— Ann Coulter Official Chat ACOC (@AnnCoulterChat) November 8, 2022
So Katie Hobbs didn't ensure that all Arizona counties were ready to go with reliable equipment? What has she been doing in her job which is to oversee elections?
— Real Man of Genius (@realmanofgenius) November 8, 2022
She’s been hiding from reporters and refusing to debate.
Real reassuring stuff here š
— Mauty480 (@Mauty480) November 8, 2022
ā20% of tabulators arenāt working properlyā
I can tell you which 20% without knowing.— Todd Alexander (@toddalex6) November 8, 2022
AYFKM
— Internet News Agency (@InternetNewsAg2) November 8, 2022
How the hell does your county have issues in every election. You all need to be fired and the Florida model adopted.
— Ray2Daye (@RAY2DAYE) November 8, 2022
Yeah that seems legitimate, ādrop it in a box and weāll count tonightā sounds really reassuringā¦
— Kenny N. (@kenny_2020_) November 8, 2022
Itās like they have practiced a script!
— FloridaMan'sWife (@ChasSumnerWife) November 8, 2022
The only videos you should be posting are ones announcing your resignations.
— David Giglio (@DavidGiglioCA) November 8, 2022
You can't be serious
— jermeisterr āļø (@jermeisterr) November 8, 2022
How can you act like this isnāt a big deal? 20%? This is unacceptable.
— MAGA Betsy Campbell (@floweranna123) November 8, 2022
Hereās video from Arizona. The first shot is how voting machines operate when Democrats vote.
The second shot is how voting machines operate when Republicans vote.
Katie Hobbs runs AZ elections, is a Democrat, and is running for governor. pic.twitter.com/JfbJ4eGn6a
— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) November 8, 2022
Youāre an Arizona citizen. You leave work for a minute to vote during your lunch break. Youāre told to go somewhere else. Machines broken there too. Lunch break is over. Fewer workers get to vote.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) November 8, 2022
Youāre an Arizona citizen. You leave work for a minute to vote during your lunch break. Machines broken. Youāre told to go somewhere else. You go. Machines broken there too. Lunch break is over. Fewer workers get to vote.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) November 8, 2022
Paper ballots. The Occamās Razor solution to the election issues weāre having.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) November 8, 2022
Don't be so smug. Things aren't "going great." The nervous dude on the right gives it away.
Fully 20% of your locationsāas you admit in this videoāaren't working! How can you claim that's "going great."
— pete bray (@petebray) November 8, 2022
Only one-fifth of the tabulators aren’t working ā¦ that’s not a big deal.
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Update:
They claim to have solved the problem:
BREAKING: Maricopa County says that they have āidentified the solutionā for tabulator issues.
āCounty technicians have changed the printer settings, which seems to have resolved this issue.ā pic.twitter.com/QvA3UCrEqQ
— Cameron Arcand (@cameron_arcand) November 8, 2022
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Related:
Harmeet Dhillon shares KICK-A*S thread for Maricopa County voters where ātabulators arenāt workingāhttps://t.co/vw6g2yA7st
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 8, 2022