Arizona judge suspends Republican vote 'audit' being conducted by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida company

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Business Insider

led by a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist

An Arizona judge has suspended work over the weekend on a Republican-led effort to examine ballots from the 2020 election.

Arizona Democrats had filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to halt an audit, dismissing it as a partisan effort to validate false claims of election fraud.

On Friday, Judge Christopher Coury of the Maricopa County Superior Court granted their request for a pause until evidence can be presented at an 11:00 a.m. local time hearing on Monday.

The audit, which began Thursday, is being conducted by a Florida-based firm, Cyber Ninjas, that has never previously audited an election; the company's founder, Doug Logan, also embraced pro-Trump conspiracy theories about voter fraud on his since-deleted Twitter account, the Mirror reported.


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So their sole qualification is they've kissed Trump's humongous ass.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Chris Hayes is covering this on his show now.

What a joke!

[MerryHolidays]

2. Using the idiotic reasoning in Bush v. Gore, Joe Biden's equal protection rights are being violated

Bush v. Gore is one of the worst SCOTUS decisions EVER. The majority was so shameless that they said, after giving the Presidency to George W. Bush, the SECOND worst President of all time, that the case could not be cited again.

Well, its wholly erroneous rationale has been cited many times, so let's apply it here: case closed, Joe wins Arizona (again, for the billionth time).

[cilla4progress]

4. I like

the way you think!

[Marthe48]

18. Gore had a legitimate beef

trump doesn't.

It makes me so happy we don't have to see his fat face on the news. I can't wait till the courts stop these bs claims and actions.

[bluestarone]

30. Agree here PLUS

I'm thinking we could have pushed it, at the very least to have Florida election INVESTIGATED! THAT needs to happen at any cost! We ALL know they CHEAT like hell!

[Marthe48]

31. I agree

I feel that bush and trump were installed, whether I sound like a conspiracy idiot or not. I never felt like 2000, 2004, or 2016 was on the up and up. Am I in a position to prove my off feelings? Am I a poor sport? Well, after all this time, I rarely mention that I think the r's cheated their way in, and while I supported the court cases at the time, I'm not beating a dead horse.

I have a suspicion that r's did cheat in some elections, and knowing that cheating is possible to get away with, are projecting their guilty knowledge on Dems. However, the elections we had that actually got Dems in their office, had huge turnouts compared to the puny efforts of r's

[bluestarone]

32. Feeling the same way here

WE KNOW they cheat, plain and simple! Not only for the presidents, BUT also for the senator and house members!

[yaesu]

3. the fascists plan on handing over all the raw ballets to this nutjob, they need to be stopped. nt

[drray23]

29. they already did.

all the ballots were delivered to that stadium, sitting on pallets. It was reported that there was little security and people could walk around without any particular accreditation.

[Lovie777]

5. There is a "Lin Wood" somewhere there . . .

ugh. republicans can't win on their merits.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. I think we are seeing a political party implode in real time.

From now on, as more people move away from Republicanism, will every election be contested on no grounds?

[monkeyman1]

7. there is no merits when it comes to trump !!

[bluestarone]

8. Why in the hell is some co. out of Florida involved?

TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT!

[ShazzieB]

9. Maybe this was the only company they could find that was willing to do it. 🤣

I can see a lot of reputable companies not wanting to be associated with this malarkey.

[bluestarone]

10. I'm sure that has something to do with it

Just wondering WHO decided on this company and WHY?

[Midnightwalk]

13. Because there is no fraud

They can’t change the election results either.

So you do a fake audit to generate fake fraud. Along the way you screw up the integrity of the ballots to prevent anyone being able to prove the audit was fake.

Not that the audit will be useful in court, but they will continue to say the audit proved fraud forever.

It’ll work better than it should. That’s why having a disreputable company is not a bad thing. It’s also why stopping the fiasco is so important.

[PortTack]

15. Agree completely!! Other states may try if they allowed to move forward with this sham

[Captain Zero]

35. Because a reputable firm like McKinsey

Wouldn't do it for peanuts like Cyber Ninjas, and someone like McKinsey would find the same thing Arizona's election officials found. Biden won. Get over it.

[AZLD4Candidate]

11. This abomination is the reason we need more Democrats in the State Legislature

[TlalocW]

12. I'm fine with a recount

If they can guarantee a fair one with a reputable company, but it doesn't sound like it. I'm for it partly because it would turn out to be a Nothingburger and one more thing to wave in republicans' faces and it would keep the AZ GOP (one of the worst state GOP organizations) busy for a while.

TlalocW

[PortTack]

14. They already did 2 fair recounts..until these idiots have the door slammed shut in their faces by

The courts, they will not stop.

[Traildogbob]

16. Hoping

This post overrides Rachel's report. That was infuriating, black and blue pens, no media allowed and judge ruled Dems must put up one million $$$ dollars fo delay. We are still under attack. Sick of this treason. Time to honor my oath.

[SergeStorms]

17. I'm pretty sure what they'll find..

I mean they already have the answer they want, now they just have to find a way to support their findings.

I don't have a clue what they expect this will accomplish. Is this just to assuage the Great Pumpkin's shattered ego? Is it to keep the BIG LIE fresh in his cult member's feeble brains, more red meat to fuel their blood lust? A desperate attempt to keep His Assholiness's name in the media It serves no purpose, and this will push sane people even farther away from Tangerine Idi Amin.

Stupid. Just plain stupid. "The Cyber Ninjas". Now there's an outfit that just screams "confidence".

[Captain Zero]

36. They won't stop with Arizona. Once they announce their

Cooked result there, they will claim they need to recount ten other states.

I always thought there was a point in the spring where all ballots are destroyed to prevent eternal recounting.

[SergeStorms]

37. I think someone...

will expose the "Cyber Ninjas" and the process used to collect their data before they can do much, if any, damage. I think it's just another example of the total joke republicans have become.

[yellowdogintexas]

38. I don't know about other states, but Texas counties hold ballots

for 2 years at least. I have a stack of Election Judge packages over here which I get to keep for 2 years after the election. They contain copies of all the tally and result tapes from the machines, the list with the seal numbers and ballot totals at opening and closing and I think one other thing. Two copies go to the Elections Office with the machines and other stuff and the Lead Judge gets the third copy. It is a safeguard against monkey business with anything in the storage bins.

Maybe the statute of limitations on an election challenge is 2 years here

[dsc]

19. this is insane

The Senate only is spending 150k on this but the Democrats have to put up a million to insure against costs? Pure crapola, and what is to stop this company from monetizing the information they glean from the ballots and signatures since according to the state Senate they are immune from being sued.

[triron]

20. Didn't Rachel say that this fell through because democrats wouldn't put up $1 miilion?

[dchill]

22. That was my take, as well.

[William Seger]

23. Yep, she said the audit was apparently back on

[JohnSJ]

26. Exactly

[thenelm1]

21. Cyber Ninjas? What the hell is that?

Bill, Joe, Smitty and Fred from the barstools of "The Crooked Palms Bar & Grill" from somewhere in the Florida panhandle? Gotcha!

[JohnnyRingo]

24. Pillow Guy aint gonna like this.

There will be feathers all over the studio tomorrow.

[Jon King]

25. Health care, education, infrastructure, climate change...

Anytime a Repug talks about anything but real issues, they should lose even more swing voters.

[JohnSJ]

27. The recount is back on because the judge said the Democrats have to come up with a million dollars

a day while things are suspended. The Democrats don’t have the million dollars a day, so the dubious recount will proceed, according to Rachel Maddow

[Jetheels]

28. It's probably a trump kids startup company I wouldn't be surprised.

Or orange diaper himself.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. Well, Flick My Bic!

And I was all ready
hand true and steady
with pen blue and pen black
to take my country back.

Foiled again.

[Deminpenn]

34. Using blue pens, not red or a color that can't be read

by the scanners. They have the actual ballots and could cause enormous harm by making any marks on the ballots with blue/black pens.

[bluestarone]

39. Would someone please explain the judges thinking here?

What is the million dollars a day for? I don't get it.

[BobTheSubgenius]

40. Cyber Ninjas. A company founded by a Drumpf conspiracy theorist.

Yeah. Sounds totally legit.

[LiberalFighter]

41. How does an outside company get to audit an election?

It should only be performed by the local or state election officers.

[ck4829]

42. Kick