As Twitchy reported, Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake went off Tuesday after it was found that 20 percent of the ballot tabulators in Maricopa County weren’t working (they’ve just now announced a fix … changing the printer settings). Maricopa County election official Stephen Richer has issued a public apology for the frustration and inconvenience.
BREAKING: Maricopa County election official Stephen Richer issues public apology for election issues today
Promises all legal votes will be counted pic.twitter.com/ZASM6MmASc
— BLOOD MOON POSO 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 8, 2022
Lauren Kuby, who’s a candidate for the Arizona Corporation Commission, says it’s best to ignore all the noise you’ll be hearing from Republicans about the “minor issues” at polling places. Everything’s great, actually!
Today there will be a lot of noise from Republicans about minor issues at polling places. I urge you to ignore it. I urge the media to ignore it. We have an expertly run election system in Maricopa County.
We need everyone to stop sowing seeds of doubt about our democracy.
— Lauren Kuby (@LaurenKuby) November 8, 2022
We think it’s the elections board that’s sowing the seeds of doubt by not making sure the machines worked before Election Day.
“Expertly run”
— Kijhuh Talk (@KijhuhTalk) November 8, 2022
Machines not working and machines only tabulating a portion of the ballots is “minor”?
What would be a major issue that should raise concern then?
Heaven forbid people bring attention to and document shortcomings on one of the biggest midterms we’ve had after the 2020 debacle.
— thetexasguy (@thetexasguy2) November 8, 2022
Reports of machines not accepting ballots, and that those ballots will be taken "Downtown"… right. Maricopa is as corrupt as they come, and y'all aren't even trying to hide it anymore.
— Dan (@tfandan19) November 8, 2022
They had a lot of time to make sure this was not an issue and yet here we are. If you don't want the doubt turn your focus on Hobbs who is in charge and demand answers. pic.twitter.com/AdBJmxO71T
— Az (@packers1969) November 8, 2022
"Today we will try to steal another election. I urge you to ignore the people pointing that out."
— Start your morning with coffee and violence (@LaviniaGardne11) November 8, 2022
— Brad Becker (@thebradbecker) November 8, 2022
You’re joking. @katiehobbs is running for Governor & has not recused herself from presiding over its election. The machines are randomly not counting votes so they will be sent downtown for counting? This is total insanity. It’s not a minor issue. Elections must be transparent!
— 🚛 ♥️Digital Gulag Inmate #7525 #UltraMaga (@bringmecheese) November 8, 2022
Is this not a psycho take? How about clarification? Sort of unreal response.
— Rex Profanus (@RexProfanus) November 8, 2022
It’s just like 2020 … just ignore the “minor” issues and don’t draw media attention to them.
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Related:
Maricopa County election officials explain those tabulation machines that aren’t working https://t.co/IYN95pMArk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 8, 2022