Charles Pierce: They're Hunting Satan Amongst the Ballots in the Election 'Audit' Out in Arizona

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I know that I seem overly concerned with the extended farce going on in Arizona right now, but I am a little bit unsure of the qualifications of many of the people who are overseeing the counting of 2.1 million ballots from Maricopa County.

They're Hunting Satan Amongst the Ballots in the Election 'Audit' Out in Arizona
This farce has only gotten, and will only get, dumber.
esquire.com
2:07 PM · May 5, 2021

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36343798/arizona-election-audit-good-vs-evil/

I know that I seem overly concerned with the extended farce going on in Arizona right now, but I am a little bit unsure of the qualifications of many of the people who are overseeing the counting of 2.1 million ballots from Maricopa County. Take, for instance, this gentleman who talked to Dennis Welch, the political editor at CBS5 in Phoenix. His name is John Brakey, and he is “investigating” “reports” that 40,000 ballots were flown into Arizona from “the southeast part of the world, you know, Asia.” Brakey is looking for telltale “bamboo” on the ballots, and I feel dumber just telling you this.

“The only way you can persuade people on changing is facts. We’re on a mission for facts.”

OK, right. Whatever.

The Arizona Republic has provided helpful thumbnails on some of the other “officials” with leading roles in the farce. Take, for example, one Liz Harris, a former Republican candidate for the state legislature who runs a “voter integrity” website called itsmellsfunny.com. (How she beat about 30 state fairs for that domain name must be a saga in itself.) Harris is hunting bigger game than tiny splinters of bamboo. Could it be…Satan?

In a live video on Monday, Harris said that she wanted to remind people that the audit was not about left versus right, but "good versus evil.” She held up a sign that said, "May Arizona be the first domino to fall," referring to the effort to prove voter fraud across the country. She told The Republic that Republicans, Democrats and independents are involved in her group. The effort "has nothing to do with 'Stop the Steal,'" she said.

And I am the tsar of all the Russias.

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[tanyev]

1. They need to bring Dana Carvey back for another SNL cameo on the 'audit'.

[cinematicdiversions]

2. They claim to be looking for Bamboo fibers.

Seriously more loony than any parody that is possible. This is right up there with selling children through overpriced wardrobes over the internet.

[Hugin]

3. Is anyone else bothered by the implied racism at work here?

Bamboo? Asia? What, bamboo only exists in China?