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US presidential election in Arizona: Even Republicans do not want to investigate fraud allegations any further

2021-08-03T16:18:51.463Z


The votes in Maricopa County have already been counted three times - a fraud, as the Trump camp persistently claims, could not be detected. Now the examiners find clear words.


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It should take 60 days to count the votes of the 2020 US presidential election in Maricopa County again.

100 days later, the self-appointed examination board in the largest county in the state of Arizona has still not found any election fraud - but it has strained the nerves of local politicians.

"If you haven't determined by now that the Maricopa election was free, fair, and clean, I don't know if you ever will," wrote Jack Sellers, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Trustees.

In the public letter, Sellers denied a subpoena while re-examining the November ballot papers.

"It is now August 2021. The November 2020 election is over," wrote Sellers.

There is no time for "trips to Neverland".

For months, Donald Trump and some of his supporters have been claiming that last year's presidential election was "stolen".

Republicans loyal to Trump rely on »cyber ninjas« - so far without success

In the state of Arizona, the allegations go particularly far.

270,000 votes are said to have not been counted in Maricopa County alone, according to the Trump camp.

But nobody has been able to prove it so far.

Maricopa County had narrowly gone to Joe Biden in the election, and Democrat Mark Kelly had prevailed there in the Senate election.

Republican officials had alleged widespread election rigging in many parts of the United States, but could not provide any conclusive evidence.

The Maricopa County's electoral commission also found no irregularities in two investigations.

Then some Republicans, who were loyal to Trump, ordered a new vote count and hired a security company called "Cyber ​​Ninjas".

Last week it was announced that the company would soon submit a report on its findings - but had requested additional documents.

"There was no fraud, no ballot papers from Asia and no satellite beamed new votes into our system."

Jack Sellers, Republican chairman of the Maricopa County Supervisory Council

“You have hired people who have no experience and little idea of ​​how professional elections are held.

So their 'exam' never comes to an end, 'wrote Sellers.

He continued, “There was no fraud, no ballot papers from Asia, and no satellite beamed new votes into our system.

It is time for all elected politicians to start telling the truth and stop reinforcing conspiracy theories. "

In May, according to a poll, 26 percent of Americans believed that Trump had been deprived of his legitimate election victory last year.

If you only look at the Republican voters, the result is even clearer: 55 percent said they saw signs of electoral fraud.

In Arizona, Republican Senator Michelle Ungenti-Rita is considered the strongest supporter of the electoral fraud thesis.

Last week she wrote on Twitter that the verification of the election process had been "botched".

But not all Republicans are still behind Trump and his conspiracy theories.

Sellers also belongs to the party.

He ended his letter with the words: "It is time to move on."

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Source: spiegel

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