BY MATT MARGOLIS | P J Media
In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 photo,
Maricopa County Elections official Joanne Tillson instructs election volunteers
on ballots issues during a training session in Phoenix. The elections chief for
the Arizona county that includes Phoenix is pledging that voters won’t face the
same difficulties they experienced in August’s primary when dozens of polling
locations opened late. Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said this week
elections county employees instead of contracted workers will set up the voter
check-in machines that were not put in place on time on Aug 28. (AP Photo/Matt
York)
Earlier this month, the Arizona Senate leadership hired a team of independent auditors to complete a
“comprehensive, full forensic audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County,
including a hand recount of all ballots.” Despite the efforts of the state
Democratic Party to thwart it, the audit is proceeding.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Chris
Coury had ordered the Arizona Senate to “pause” the audit if
the Arizona Democratic Party would post a $1 million bond to cover the costs of
the delay. The party refused to so.
“The Arizona Democratic Party will not risk our
supporters’ hard-earned dollars to pay off the Cyber Ninjas for a procedure
they are billing Arizona taxpayers to the tune of $150,000,” the Arizona
Democratic Party said in a statement.
The Trump campaign sued Arizona election officials last year, alleging irregularities in Maricopa County, a county Donald Trump won in 2016. According to state-certified results, Biden won the county by just over 45,000 votes and barely won the state by a 10,457-vote margin. If the audit discovers the alleged irregularities, it could prove that Trump is the legitimate winner of Arizona, and it could have huge implications for other states where irregularities were discovered.
The Arizona Republican Party was pleased by this latest
development. “Democrat’s bluff called and they fail to post a $1million bond to
stop forensic audit,” the state GOP tweeted.
Former President Donald Trump is also keeping an eye on
what’s happening in Arizona.
“The Democrats are ‘swarming’ the Great State of Arizona
trying to get the Forensic Election Audit stopped, because only they know
exactly what they’ve done, and they understand Voter Fraud far better than
anyone,” he said in a statement Friday night. “This could be Voter Fraud at the
highest level. Don’t think that Arizona is the only State.”
On Saturday morning, Trump called for “large-scale
security” for the team conducting the audit.
“The Republican Party is demanding that Governor Ducey of
Arizona immediately provide large-scale security for the brave American
Patriots doing the Forensic Audit of the 2020 Presidential Election,” Trump
said. “Governor Ducey will be held fully responsible for the safety of those
involved. State police or National Guard must be immediately sent out for
protection. The Democrats do not want to have this information revealed, and
they will do anything to stop it. Governor Ducey must finally act!”
Matt Margolis is the author of Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama, and The Scandalous Presidency of Barack Obama.
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Trump Vindicated as Judge Rules Michigan
Secretary of State Violated Election Laws
BY MATT MARGOLIS | P J Media
AP Photo/John Raoux
A judge in Michigan has vindicated President Trump by
ruling that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, broke state law when she unilaterally changed election
rules concerning absentee balloting in the 2020 election. This ruling
legitimizes a key claim made by the Trump legal team in its challenges to the
2020 election.
A major change imposed by Benson was loosening the
signature verification requirement for absentee ballots. Michigan Court of
Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray ruled that this change violated Michigan
Administrative Procedures Act.
The court made the following conclusion:
…nowhere in this state’s election law has the Legislature
indicated that signatures are to be presumed valid, nor did the Legislature
require that signatures are to be accepted so long as there are any redeeming
qualities in the application or return envelope as compared with the signature
on file. Policy determinations like the one at issue — which places the thumb
on the scale in favor of a signature’s validity — should be made pursuant to
properly promulgated rules under the APA or by the Legislature.
Over 3.1 million Michiganders voted by absentee ballot in
November. Biden “won” the state by just over 154,000 votes, according to the
state-certified results.
“I’m glad the court sees Secretary of State Benson’s
attempts at lawmaking for what they are – clear violations of her authority,”
said State Rep. Matt Hall, a Republican. “If she wants to make changes like
these, she needs to work with the Legislature or properly promulgate them
through the laws we have on the books.”
“The Legislature is an equal branch of government charged
with crafting laws,” Hall continued. “This is not the role of the Secretary of State,
and there is a clear process that must be respected. Unfortunately, Secretary
of State Benson has a pattern of not respecting that process. She issued a
mandatory directive requiring local election officials to apply a presumption
of validity to all signatures on absent voter ballots, but there is nothing
within state law allowing for that type of power from her position. As a
result, this directive was found to be not in accordance with our laws and not
valid.”
Michigan was not the only state where Democrat state
officials unilaterally changed election laws, so this ruling certainly raises
legitimate doubts whether Biden truly won the election without invalid votes.
Matt Margolis is the author of Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter, Gab, Facebook, MeWe, Heroes, Rumble, and CloutHub.