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'''THIS is ballot cheating just ripe for 2020 in Arizona and probably everywhere. Instructions to cheat were told in the instructions and now in NEWS articles like the one I will post below.

Basically, the article and instructions tell you all you have to do is CROSS OUT MISTAKE vote selection, then fill in the oval next to your CORRECTED SELECTION

SO CHEATERS can just grab the Trump votes or other MAGA and CROSS OUT and PUT BIDEN or other downvote candidates

Arizona county recorder Adrain Fontes included this NEW instruction with ballots mailed to voters in AZ in March and August. AND NOW the instruction is in news articles basically giving instructions to anyone who "gets the instruction" that this is a thing. I read it. I get it. Any vote criminal now has an incentive to steal mail ballots before they get counted and select BIDEN, right?

NOTICE it is CONSERVATIVES who caught this glaring cheat scheme and took it to the Arizona Supreme court. THIS CANNOT BE INSTRUCTED. I live in AZ.

I remember making a mistake on my own ballot years ago and I simply asked for a new UN-SPOILED BALLOT and they gave me one at the in person vote booth.

So, what is the mechanism for the SPOILED mail in vote?

Seems the state of AZ county recorder Adrian Fontes WANTS to give instructions so voters can and will follow. And now big news. WHY this election?

Ballots have already been mailed with the instructions.

Night of election and days after GUARANTEE DArizona will be in the Presidential News GUARANTEED.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2020/09/10/arizona-supreme-court-maricopa-county-cannot-tell-voters-cross-out-mistakes-ballot-november-election/3463075001/

Maricopa County can't tell voters to cross out ballot mistakes, court rules

The Maricopa County recorder cannot instruct voters to cross out mistakes on their ballots for the November election, the Arizona Supreme Court ordered Thursday.

Arizona Public Integrity Alliance, a conservative political nonprofit, sued Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes over a new instruction included with ballots mailed to voters in March and August.

"Made a mistake? Cross out your mistake. Fill in the oval next to your corrected selection," stated the pamphlet sent to voters with their mail-in ballots.

An attorney for Arizona Public Integrity Alliance sent a cease and desist letter to Fontes in August demanding he stop including those instructions in voter pamphlets. When the county refused, the group took Fontes to court.

A Superior Court judge ruled that Maricopa County had likely violated the law, but said it would be logistically difficult to change the instructions this close to the election.

The state Supreme Court disagreed and ordered that the county cannot include the instruction with ballots for the Nov. 3 general election.

In a statement, the Maricopa County Recorder's Office said it is working with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and the company that prints the ballot instructions "to see what can be accomplished before early ballots are required to be mailed out on September 19 to military and overseas voters."

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Fraud or transparency?

In the cease and desist letter sent to Fontes, attorney Alexander Kolodin argued that the instruction increases the likelihood of voter fraud.

"These new instructions allow any bad actor in a ballot’s chain of custody to change a vote that has already been cast in a manner that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to identify that wrongdoing has occurred," the letter said.

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel disputed this in a response to Kolodin.

"The instructions do not make it more likely that anyone will successfully 'cheat.' Rather, they make it more likely that votes will properly be counted and so no voter will be disenfranchised. Further, the instructions comply with both federal and state law and further the County’s interests in protecting the integrity of the election, avoiding voter confusion and protecting taxpayer resources," Adel wrote.

Adel said the current version of the state election procedure manual requires counties to count votes rejected by ballot tabulators "when the voter’s intent can be determined." This has been the standard practice since election laws changed after 2014.

Bipartisan boards of elections workers review ballots with crossed-out mistakes to see if they can determine this intent. A law passed earlier this year now allows employees to perform the adjudication process electronically.

The only thing new in this year's elections was the specific instruction in the voter pamphlet spelling out this process.

"The recorder included the instructions with the 2020 primary election early ballots, which expressly informed voters how they can correct a vote if they make a mistake, change their mind or accidentally smudge their ballots. The instructions comply with the recorder’s general duty under Arizona law to provide instructions with the early ballot that will assist early ballot voters with casting their ballots," Adel said.

In court filings, Kolodin said the "subjective, human process" the county uses to review ballots with crossed-out mistakes "opens the door to error and makes it less likely that the public will know the winner of the most important election in American history the night the polls close."

However, the lawsuit only challenged the inclusion of the instruction to cross out mistakes — it did not address whether counties should count ballots with crossed-out mistakes.

Kolodin said the state elections procedure manual does not permit counties to include such an instruction and instead says that counties should tell voters to discard their ballot and request a new one if they make a mistake.

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Instructions must change

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith listened to arguments on the case on Sept. 4.

On top of discussing the merits of the case, Smith inquired about the logistics of changing instructions so close to when ballots will need to be mailed.

The early-ballot printing deadline for the general election is Oct. 1, but ballots for overseas citizens and military personnel must be mailed as soon as mid-September.

Attorneys for the county said the company that prints the ballots and instructions for the county has already printed the voter pamphlets with the new instruction and would not be able to reprint them in time. Attorneys also said there was a paper shortage that could make it difficult for other companies to print new instructions in time.

Smith ruled that Arizona Public Integrity Alliance would likely win on the merits of its case, but that the logistical issues made the change impossible.

Arizona Public Integrity Alliance appealed and the Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear the case without first going to the Arizona Court of Appeals.

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The group received support from Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who submitted a brief arguing that the new instruction "contravenes Arizona's election laws."

"(The Superior Court's ruling) threatens election integrity far beyond the general election and may very well lead to post-election challenges that call into question the legitimacy of the general election," Brnovich wrote.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Fontes exceeded his authority by including the new instruction.

"While election statutes have changed, the permissible voter instructions, as authorized by (state law) and the Election Procedural Manual, have not," the court said in its ruling.

It ordered the county not to include the instruction with November ballots.

What happens when you cross out your vote?

Although the instruction won't appear on voter pamphlets, ballots with crossed-out bubbles may still be counted.

In an August interview, Maricopa County Elections Department spokesperson Megan Gilbertson said a bipartisan group of poll workers reviews ballots with these types of mistakes to determine the voter's intent when possible.

The ballot tabulators will flag ballots where there are not enough or too many bubbles filled out in a race.

A ballot with a crossed-out bubble and then another filled-in bubble would be flagged as an "overvote," and a scan of the specific race in question is sent to election workers for further screening.

This team of election workers, one Republican and one Democrat, looks at the overvote to see if they can determine the voter's intent, Gilbertson said. If they agree, they award the vote in that race based on what they determine to be the voter's intent.

If they don't agree, they call in an inspector to weigh in. If the three workers still cannot come to an agreement, they do not count the vote for that race.

The board used to correct the ballots manually, but the state Legislature passed a law earlier this year that now allows the process to occur electronically.

Gilbertson said the county has stringent procedures in place to make sure no one tampers with mail-in ballots.

She said the ballot does not leave the envelope, which is signed by the voter, until that signature has been verified.

Ballots are then separated from the envelopes by a bipartisan board of elections workers, who also ready the ballots for tabulation. All registered Arizona political parties can send observers to watch the tabulation process, and it's under 24/7 live video surveillance, Gilbertson said.

Workers are only permitted to bring red pens into the ballot tabulating area because the ballot tabulators cannot read red ink, she said.

Reach the reporter at jessica.boehm@gannett.com or 480-694-1823. Follow her on Twitter @jboehm_NEWS.

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Better Headline: "Voter fraud with Instructions IN Arizona directly from County Recorders Office"

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Maricopa County can't tell voters to cross out ballot mistakes, court rules

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'''Better Headline: "Voter fraud with Instructions IN Arizona directly from County Recorders Office"

RIPE for mail in voter FRAUD

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NEEDS a dig so we are prepared as he surely will be in the news come election night and days after?

Dig now

>Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes

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published July 9, 2020 Updated July 11,2020

Who is running for Maricopa County recorder? Fontes faces two Republican challengers

Jessica Boehm

Arizona Republic

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2020/07/09/democrat-adrian-fontes-faces-republican-challengers-maricopa-county-recorder-race/3280049001/

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes

Two Republicans are looking to unseat Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes this election cycle.

The recorder's office oversees voter registration and early voting and maintains the recorded documents for the county.

Fontes, who assumed office after a fumbled presidential preference election in 2016 by the former county recorder pledged to simplify the voting process and eradicate long wait times.

He has mostly accomplished that, though during the first major election he oversaw in August 2018, voter check-in equipment was not properly installed at 62 polling places, leaving voters unable to secure ballots in the morning hours.

The incident caused the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to take over some oversight of the elections process.

Fontes, who is a Democrat, has become a punching bag for Republicans who have questioned whether his election policies have disproportionately favored Democrat candidates.

Fontes has asserted that all of his policies aim to enhance voter access — regardless of a voter's political affiliation.

The primary election will be Aug. 4. Early voting and vote-by-mail begin July 8.

One Republican and one Democrat will move on to the general election on Nov. 3.

Stephen I. Richer (R)

Stephen I. Richer

Stephen Richer is a lawyer in downtown Phoenix.

He previously worked in business management and public policy, including for think tanks like American Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute.

He's participated in the board of the Arizona Humanities, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Federalist Society’s Phoenix Lawyers Chapter.

The Arizona Republican Party asked Richer to conduct an independent review of the recorder's office after criticism that Fontes operated the November 2018 election to favor Democrats.

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On his campaign website, Richer said he believes the problems and concerns about Fontes and his favoritism toward his own party still exist.

His priorities include ensuring the recorder's office is not influenced by politics and making sure all voters are treated the same, regardless of political affiliation. He also wants to eradicate hours-long lines on election day and make the voting process more transparent, according to his campaign website.

Clair Van Steenwyk (R)

Clair Van Steenwyk

Clair Van Steenwyk, who goes by Van, is a retired political talk show host and longtime member of the Republican party.

According to his campaign website, he served as a precinct and state committeeman in Legislative Distirct 22. Van Steenwyk has also served as a delegate at state Republican conventions.

Van Steenwyk worked at a number of companies as a business executive and entrepreneur and founded a Christian Halfway and Coffee House in Bellflower, California, with his wife.

He started his AM radio political talk show in 2003 called "Crosswords with Van." He's since retired.

Van Steenwyk said on his website that the county's voting system "is not trusted and must be updated and run like a business rather than a political football."

He said he decided to run for office after helping many others get elected and watching them not keep their pledges to voters.