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To the Editor,
At this writing, Arizona, after weeks of counting and "finding" ever more ballots, and addressing issues of numerous precincts that mysteriously ran out of ballots, and malfunctioning tabulation machines, resulting in questionable handling of ballots, has finally, in an altogether unsurprising (insert eye roll) climax, decided Democrat Katie Hobbs, who hardly campaigned, and reportedly had precious little public support, has won the gubernatorial race.
Arizona had similar issues in 2020, incidentally.
Maricopa County, Arizona in 2020 had a 100-mile "Trump Train" with thousands of vehicles. They then inexplicably proceeded to vote Democrat for the first time in 70 years.
Anybody else see any questionable inconsistencies, here?
Governor-elect Hobbs is the Arizona Secretary of State, at whose door election integrity issues would usually fall. So, in a circus of political theater dripping with ironic conflict of interest, Hobbs got to oversee her own (rigged) election's investigation. A typically authoritarian Democrat, she threatened with arrest, any officials opposing her election's certification.
This is in America, folks.
Her opponent, popular Republican Kari Lake, has vowed to bring lawsuits; as well she should. Some deride Lake for resentment, but if Lake had won under the exact same shady circumstances, Hobbs would be threatening legal action, and rightly so.
Other states have had similar issues. Defrauded candidates who might wish to contest however, are, like Lake, will be left fighting their own battles.
The effete Republican National Committee bluebloods have done, granted, a little posturing; issued standard noncommittal "strongly-worded statements." Typically, the urbane GOP elites don't want to fuss too much, even over clearly getting screwed out of elections. As a political organization, you'd think they'd get a bit upset, but no; can't have that. How vulgar! Heavens, Lovey; what might the country club think?
For years, my grandma worked the polling station near her house. This was in the 70s and 80s. Paper ballots; hand counted, relying on personal honor and integrity.
They never ran out of ballots; one for every registered voter in that precinct. They never spent weeks counting "found" ballots, still coming in. Polls opened at 7 am, closed at 7 pm. You didn't make it, you didn't vote. Period. They usually had the results counted and reported by the 11:00 news.
Now, voting machines are (illegally) connected to the internet, servers in other countries; thanks to COVID, we have unrestricted mail-in ballots and easily-abused drop boxes; thousands of Democrat ballots arrive at closed precincts, at all hours.
How can I be so specific?
Because it's never Republicans who "find" (wink) boxes of "uncounted" ballots days after elections, and count them. It is, however, the Republicans who meekly allow it to happen. It's an outrage.
The GOP "up there" doesn't care a whit about we, the GOP "down here". They apparently have other agendas.
American elections have become a corrupt humiliation; Arizona, a glittering jewel of blatantly shameless, Democrat chicanery. If this continues, the Republicans will never win another major election. Next step, the statehouses.
Our "ship of state" is rudderless.
Rob Denham
Weirton