{"id":6573,"date":"2022-11-21T22:20:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2022-11-21T22:20:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T22:20:49","slug":"arizonas-election-integrity-unit-demands-answers-from-maricopa-county-over-election-day-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=6573","title":{"rendered":"Arizona\u2019s \u2018Election Integrity Unit\u2019 Demands Answers From Maricopa County Over Election Day Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 21, 2022 at 07:04AM Arizona\u2019s \u2018Election Integrity Unit\u2019 Demands Answers From Maricopa County Over Election Day Problems<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arizona Attorney General\u2019s Elections Integrity Unit sent a letter to Maricopa County demanding answers on problems that took place with the election on Nov. 8.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Civil Division Chief Thomas Liddy of the Maricopa County Attorney\u2019s Office, Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright said the AG\u2019s\u00a0office had \u201creceived hundreds of complaints since Election Day,\u201d and the complaints \u201cgo beyond pure speculation [and] include first-hand witness accounts that raise concerns regarding Maricopa County\u2019s lawful compliance with Arizona election law.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Maricopa County election officials, at least 60 of 223 voting locations experienced technical problems related to ballot-on-demand (BOD) printers having \u201cnon-uniform\u201d printer configuration settings.<\/p>\n

These non-uniform settings resulted in some ballots \u201cunable to be read by on-site ballot tabulators.\u201d<\/p>\n

County officials estimate the technical problems may have impacted more than 17,000 ballots on Election Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on sworn complaints submitted by election workers employed by Maricopa County, the BOD printers were tested on Monday, Nov. 7, without any apparent problems,\u201d Wright said in the letter (pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of those election workers report that despite the successful testing the night before, the tabulators began experiencing problems reading ballots printed by the BOD printers within the first thirty minutes of voting on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter said that based on a \u201cplethora of reports from election workers, poll watchers, and voters, including the county\u2019s admission of widespread printer problems,\u201d the Elections Integrity Unit requested:<\/p>\n