The Election Integrity Network (EIN) has compiled a list of reports from election workers, poll watchers, and volunteer attorneys about questionable things they observed during Maricopa County’s midterm election, which experienced rampant tabulation machine and printer problems. EIN Chairman and election integrity attorney Cleta Mitchell denounced Maricopa County officials for “misinformation” regarding how bad the problems really were.
Mitchell said, “Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates, Director of Elections Scott Jarrett, and County Recorder Stephen Richer presided over a wholly mismanaged and disgraceful election on November 8 that has robbed countless voters of their political voices. Since the polls opened on Election Day, they have misled and misinformed the public about what really happened. But thanks to engaged citizens, we know the truth.”
The group stated on its website, “Observers reported ‘chaos’ at multiple voting centers caused by printer and tabulator malfunctions, all day, contradicting statements by Gates and Richer that the problems had been ‘solved.’” Many of the individual reports submitted to EIN discussed how the technology problems lasted well into the day, often up until the polls closed.
The report contained troubling observations from 96 people. An observer at the Worship and Word Church in Peoria said due to the tabulation machine problems causing long delays, two to three people left the line and went home, saying they “had to get their kids home” or “forget it.”
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