Poll Tapes, Other Evidence Discovered Missing in Long-Disputed, 'Fixed' Arizona Election

Material sought by Election Integrity advocates from Pima County's 2006 RTA election no longer in 'secured' facility

AZ AG Terry Goddard failed to examine evidence during his criminal investigation hand-count of ballots last year...

Posted By Brad Friedman On 14th July 2010 @ 15:27 In Diebold/Premier, Election Irregularities, Election Reform, Arizona, Election 2006, Election Fraud, Pima County | 12 Comments

- Special investigative report by Brad Friedman, The BRAD BLOG ^[1]

The mystery surrounding a long-questioned and allegedly "fixed" ^[53] non-partisan 2006 Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) bond election in Pima County, AZ continues to deepen as troubling new details have now emerged. The resolution in this matter --- should it ever come --- could spell trouble for supporters of paper-based optical-scan electronic voting systems, since indications are that if the election was rigged, it was done with insiders via the electronic central tabulating computers. Late last week another new twist was discovered in the years-long election fraud investigation by Democratic and Libertarian Election Integrity advocates in Tucson. The revelations come to light in what was thought by many to have been a settled election, at last, following a long-sought hand-count of paper ballots carried out last year by the office of AZ's Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard. The AG had announced in April of last year^[54] that his criminal investigation hand-count had "affirmed" the original results of the election were correct.