Can Kelli Ward Off Audit? Sunday’s Comic

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AZGOP Chair Dr. Kelli Ward is ignoring calls for an audit of her election, prompting many to accuse her of hypocrisy and others to compare her to Sen. Paul Boyer and the members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors…

When Is An Audit Of An Election Not An Election Audit?

Whether he meant to or not, a deputy county attorney for Maricopa County raised eyebrows and questions when he told a judge Wednesday that the county’s much-touted “audit” of its election department’s electronic voting system and election processes isn’t really an election audit.

“We dispute the premise of [attorney] Mr. Kielsky and the Libertarian Party’s complaint that an audit of an election is occurring that would be subject to the laws that Mr. Kielsky is citing,” Deputy County Attorney Joseph La Rue said during the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by the Maricopa County Libertarian Party against several county officials.

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