WHAT'S GOING ON?

When Alfred E. Packer ate five companions in a Colorado blizzard in 1873, the furious judge shouted, “There were seven Democrats in Hinsdale County but you voracious man-eater, ate five of ‘em.  I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you’re dead, dead, dead as a warning against reducing the Democratic population of this state.”

Although chances of a blizzard are slim in Arizona, some Republicans in Maricopa County (Phoenix included) are chomping at the bit and baring their teeth as they support the “Big Lie,” and look for unsubstantiated voter fraud in a secret 2.l million ballot audit.

It’s been almost six month since Joe Biden won this red state, but Doug Logan, a supporter of election fraud claims, and CEO of Cyber Ninjas, is supervising the secret audit.  The Republican sponsored recount is like wading through elephant doo doo after lots of flatbed trucks hauled voter equipment and 78 pallets containing the 2.1 million ballots to a shabby local coliseum for a by-hand audit.

Three previously held recounts of the entire state ballots showed no fraud or reason to doubt the voting results in Arizona, and the Republican Governor signed the paperwork to affirm that Joe Biden did win the Electoral College votes for Arizona. So what is all this hoopla really all about?

Do these bozos (who will not let journalists monitor what is going on) think they can overturn the election results?  Not likely unless they brazenly change the already often counted ballots themselves. However, the results of this unseemly audit could be an excuse for state lawmakers to change how we vote—starting by making it more difficult to  Vote-by-Mail.

The reason all of you in other states should be interested is because your lawmakers are watching very carefully what is happening in Arizona. Some have voracious appetites to also push through changes that will make voting more difficult.  Beware! Our democracy may be the main dish at that banquet.  Georgia has already prepared the appetizers.

Esther Blumenfeld