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The New Yorker: The Big Money Behind the Big Lie
By Jane Mayer On November 12th, Biden was declared the winner in Maricopa County. Soon after, a Republican member of the county’s Board of Supervisors, Bill Gates, was picking up takeout food for his family when the board’s chairman—one of four Republicans on the five-person board—called to warn him to be careful going home. Ninety angry people had gathered outside the chairman’s house, and Gates’s place could be next. “We’d all been doxed,” Gates told me. He and his wife are the legal guardians of a teenager whose father, a Ugandan, was nearly killed by henchmen for Idi Amin. “It’s
ECONOMIST: State-level Republicans are “reforming” how elections are administered
From the outside, the vast edifice looks deserted and unremarkable. The only indications of what is unfolding inside the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum are the signs posted in a barren parking lot outside, sporting slogans like “Audit the votes” and “Board of Supervisors are enemies of the nation”. Even on an oppressively scorching day in Phoenix, when temperatures reached 117°F (47°C), a diligent and solitary supporter of President Donald Trump sat guard next to a cooler of water bottles under a pitched shade. Inside the Coliseum, something serious is unfolding: a partisan review of all the ballots cast in Maricopa
LA Times: A conservative talk radio host once backed the Arizona GOP election recount. Now he’s warning Republicans against it
Mike Broomhead talks for a living, but for a moment last week, all he could do was sigh. With that flash of wordless exasperation behind him, he continued with his work: delivering the latest update on the Maricopa County election recount to listeners of his eponymous morning talk radio show. That day’s news was of a forthcoming conspiracy-theory-riddled documentary on what organizers call an audit — but Broomhead soon turned his attention to the officials overseeing this unfolding spectacle. “You’re turning this into the clown show that you’ve been accused of. … You’re turning this into the sideshow at the
Elected Republicans like me must stop the Big Lie about the 2020 election
Opinion: True Republicans would never dream of hiring an unknown cybersecurity firm with no experience auditing elections to chase insane rumors of fraud. As a lifelong Republican, I’m worried that my party of small government and balanced budgets is being overtaken by conspiracy enablers whose primary purpose is to promote the “Big Lie” about the 2020 election. It doesn’t have to be this way. Strong political parties are what make our republic work. Ideas, policies and direction filter up from the left and the right, colliding in the halls of democracy across the country, and culminating as the law of the land. Without two strong parties, one party dominates and half the population feels unheard and unrepresented. The long-term health of a republic requires a balance. Internal party
NYT: Why a Lifelong Republican Views Arizona’s Recount as Wrong
Bill Gates, an election supervisor in Maricopa County, says the audit of votes in his state is based on the lie of election fraud, and is “tearing at the foundations of our democracy.” Read the rest of the article on The New York Times Website
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A big loss for @CochiseCountyAZ and the professionalization of elections. Lisa can hold her head high for a job well done.
Read MoreIt was an honor to work with you. Thank you for your service to the people of @maricopacounty. Best of luck in your new endeavor.
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Thank you @ASU for inviting me to speak to a group of leaders from #oman about #urbanplanning and governance in @maricopacounty
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I’m looking forward to participating in this discussion about #elections.
Read MoreI’m proud of my friend and fellow Republican elections official who is now the acting Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Congrats, @Commish_Schmidt!
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RT @MarissaSarbak: City of Flagstaff closing all non-essential facilities tomorrow because of the weather and the roads. They will reopen o…
Read MoreReflecting on my friends who were instrumental in securing the #MartinLutherKing holiday in our state years ago such as @Whstewartsr Art Hamilton & @Paulitics (picture from today’s @azcentral front page). I am grateful for them and how Dr. King changed our community and world. https://t.co/o0LxwftP4d
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RT @mjbeckel: Event alert: @IssueOneReform @CitizenData & More Perfect will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday (1/18) about the 2022 electio…
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RT @maricopaflood: Wet & unsettled weather returns to the County with multiple disturbances to move across the region Sun morning & again M…
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Congratulations to my friend Clint Hickman on his election as the new Chairman of @maricopacounty Board of Supervisors. He set forth a bold vision for 2023 in his Chairman’s speech on affordable housing, elections, infrastructure and tackling the scourge of fentanyl. https://t.co/3JEQtZt4ix
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Bill Gates serves as the District 3 Supervisor for Maricopa County. His Maricopa County District 3 reaches from the far southern boundary of McDowell Road, north to the border of Yavapai County, from the eastern boundary of Scottsdale Road in places, to the western boundary of 43rd Avenue and includes the areas of Anthem, New River, and Desert Hills.