Maricopa County Votes to Certify Election Results

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PHOENIX—The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to certify the November midterm general election results despite voters claiming that the Arizona county mishandled the election—if not rigged it.

“It is what it is,” District 5 board member Steve Gallardo, a Democrat, said at the Nov. 28 public meeting in Phoenix.

“This election was safe, secure, and in my opinion, this election is over.”

More than 1.5 million county voters cast ballots, 290,000 on Election Day alone, a large percentage of them Republican.

However, an estimated 70 of the 223 county voting centers on Election Day reported printer malfunction that resulted in approximately 16,000 ballots that couldn’t go through the electronic tabulators.

The situation resulted in long lines of frustrated voters and election workers who instructed them to either spoil their ballots or vote in another location.

Or, they could place their ballots in a secure box for later tabulation.

County officials claimed that an estimated 31 percent of the ballot printers didn’t work correctly on Election Day even though previous tests showed them functioning.

Resetting the printers resolved the problem, they said.

Several poll workers told The Epoch Times that the ballot rejection rate was as high as 52 percent in some locations and continued throughout the day and that some voters left without voting, amounting to “voter suppression.”

The five-member board’s vote on the canvass of the election included presentations by county Recorder Stephen Richer and Election Directors Scott Jarrett and Rey Valenzuela.

Their testimony hoped to put to rest any false claims and “misinformation” that the county mismanaged the election or that fraud was involved.

Voters who wished to speak were given two minutes at the podium, some arguing that the board had no legal authority to limit their time to make comments.

Some more outspoken voters were escorted from the meeting.

Of the 35 speakers, many accused board members of preparing to certify what they considered a fraudulent election.

Others called for a delay in certification until the outcome of legal challenges from Republican candidates is known.

By Allan Stein

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