On Monday (May 3), Trump issued a statement on his “Save America Committee” that was brief and said, “From this day forward, the 2020 presidential election will be known as the Big Lie!”
Some analysts believe that it is very notable that President Trump said “from this day forward” in this statement – perhaps indicating that he had some kind of conclusive evidence of vote fraud on May 3 that the courts had to acknowledge.
Arizona’s re-audit of 2.1 million ballots continues to be a work in progress. In an effort to speed things up, both the on-site workstations and the number of auditors have been doubled from 2 to 3 or 4 shifts, with the goal of completing the entire audit by the 14th.
Of concern is the auditors’ announcement that they have found potentially suspicious evidence in the ballots, and audit director Ken Bennett said on May 2 that he would not share the results of the audits they obtain on a daily basis with the public for now because ensuring the security of data and information is their top priority as the audit progresses.
The audit is said to have triggered a domino effect, and another election audit is underway in Windham, a small town in New Hampshire, to safeguard election integrity.
Today, Arizona Democratic Secretary of State Hobbs tweeted that the audit was a “fraud audit” and that he would continue to work to bring professionalism and transparency to the audit process. Then the Arizona audit Twitter account tweeted back, “Hobbs, you may be held accountable because your paid election expert, Ryan Macias, posed as a reporter and tried to sneak past security and into the voting hall.”
Bennett said on Monday of this week that there is no deadline for the audit. “The goal is not speed; the goal is accuracy and integrity.” He said an analysis of the equipment used in the 2020 election (voting machines, etc.) was completed last weekend. But the review of ballots and other paper materials “may need to be extended a little bit.”
If the election process cannot be completed by May 14, the gymnasium grounds being used for the audit of ballots will be used for about 17-18 high school graduation ceremonies starting May 15. If the site is occupied, the unaudited materials will be moved and stored in a “completely secure location. The site where the ballots are kept can be tracked online via 24-hour streaming video.
According to the latest count, between 150,000 and 175,000 ballots have been counted.
On Monday, the Arizona House of Representatives passed Bill #SB1003, which requires all voters to correct or “right” their mail-in ballots by 7 p.m. on Election Day. In 2020, voters are given five days after Election Day to correct their ballots. The industry believes this is an achievement in the area of election integrity regulations in the state.
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