To the uninitiated observer, this might seem alarming. But Bennie Smith, a Democratic Tennessee election official, assured me it was nothing to worry about—because, he said, “they’re not recounting the election.”
What were the people busily counting election ballots doing, then?
The Arizona audit is a new kind of political ritual, whose purpose exists beyond reason or consensus or fact.
The Republican-controlled county board went along with the audit plan initially because the Senate, Fontes said, “had given these guys guarantees it wasn’t going to be a shit show.”
If and when that new and inaccurate result is made public as part of an official audit report, local leaders believe the consequences will be grave.
“I think a small mushroom cloud will go up over Maricopa County if the Cyber Ninjas report that Donald Trump really was the winner of the election,” Stephen Richer, the current county recorder says.
What were the people busily counting election ballots doing, then?
The Arizona audit is a new kind of political ritual, whose purpose exists beyond reason or consensus or fact.
The Republican-controlled county board went along with the audit plan initially because the Senate, Fontes said, “had given these guys guarantees it wasn’t going to be a shit show.”
If and when that new and inaccurate result is made public as part of an official audit report, local leaders believe the consequences will be grave.
“I think a small mushroom cloud will go up over Maricopa County if the Cyber Ninjas report that Donald Trump really was the winner of the election,” Stephen Richer, the current county recorder says.
