Democrats fail to post bond to stop audit of Arizona 2020 election in big county

 Washington Examiner:

The 2020 election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, is set to proceed on Friday after Democrats refused to pay a $1 million bond to temporarily halt the Republican Senate-led effort.

In accordance with a judge's ruling, the plaintiffs who filed the suit to stop the endeavor on Thursday, including the Arizona Democratic Party and Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo, were required to provide a $1 million bond by 5 p.m. local time to protect the audit team, including Cyber Ninjas, from financial losses.

This would have put the review of voting machines, 2.1 million ballots, and other election materials, which has the backing of former President Donald Trump, on hold at 5 p.m. local time until Monday at noon.

But before the 5 p.m. deadline, the Democrats announced they would not put up the "laughable" $1 million bond, citing a "lack of transparency" about the cost of the audit.

"The Arizona Democratic Party will not risk our supporters’ hard-earned dollars to pay off the Cyber Ninjas for a procedure they are billing Arizona taxpayers to the tune of $150,000," Arizona Democratic Party Chairwoman Raquel Teran said in a statement Friday evening.

The Democrats also called on Gov. Doug Ducey and Attorney General Mark Brnovich to "put an end" to the audit, claiming it was pertinent to defending "our election systems from conspiracy theorists.”

In making his ruling earlier in the day, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury noted, in part, local reporting that raised security concerns about the venue for the audit, which is the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, where election materials were transported this week.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs cited that reporting in asking the Arizona attorney general to investigate whether there were any violations of state law.
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Trump released a statement praising the "brave and patriotic" Senate Republicans for pursuing the audit, an endeavor that was buffeted by his claims of 2020 election fraud.

"Why are the Democrats so desperate to stop this Election Fraud from being revealed? That answer is obvious!" he said.
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I find the Democrats' desperation to stop an audit suspicious.  It would make me curious about what they really feared.  They have gotten the courts to go along with them in other states which only heightens suspicions of Trump supporters.

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