'Let The Fun Begin': Pennsylvania Election-Audit Subpoenas Coming Soon- Senator

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Pennsylvania election-audit subpoenas may be coming soon: Senator says 'Let the fun begin'

August 3, 2021

As the Arizona election audit nears its end, one Republican lawmaker is preparing to take a critical swing state down the same path. Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano may have just fired the first shots in a battle between the state Legislature and the counties that are refusing to cooperate with a potential audit. In Arizona, the Republican-controlled state Senate clashed repeatedly with officials in Maricopa County before it was finally able to go forward with a forensic audit, the final results of which have yet to be released. Mastriano, who travelled to Arizona this summer to observe the audit, took the first steps toward an audit in his own state last month... The lawmaker requested ballots and access to voting machines in three Pennsylvania counties: Tioga, York and Philadelphia. The counties, which were given a July 31 deadline to comply, refused.

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As far as Mastriano is concerned, that meant only one thing: It's on. "As soon as I get a quorum, we will have a meeting, we will vote on subpoenas, and let the fun begin," he said last week, according to the Times. After Mastriano made his requests in July, Pennsylvania's acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid began issuing what may easily be described as threats to the counties concerned, warning that she would decertify any election equipment turned over to a third party.... "Philadelphia County's participation in your proposed analysis would be duplicative of extensive efforts already undertaken by the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, the Pennsylvania Department of State, state and federal courts, and your colleagues in the Pennsylvania State Senate. Participation could also impair our ability to operate fair and secure elections in Philadelphia," ... Pennsylvania's election data showed some very odd changes in voting patterns.

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The 2020 election saw a significant increase in Republican voters, which is typically consistent with a subsequent Republican victory. Former President Donald Trump flipped the state in 2016, gained voters, and then lost Pennsylvania in 2020. Maricopa County, which accounts for almost two-thirds of the votes cast in Arizona, hadn't voted for a Democrat for president since 1948. That includes 1996, when Bob Dole became the first Republican to lose the state in nearly half a century and still took Maricopa. Is it really so odd that lawmakers still have questions about the 2020 election?...

Pennsylvania election-audit subpoenas may be coming soon: Senator says 'Let the fun begin'
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