Election-integrity activists John Brakey and Jim March called it: When Judge Michael Miller issued his ruling on Dec. 18 that would allow the Pima County Democratic Party access to the 2006 Primary and General Elections databases, Brakey and March said they worried the county would file a stay keeping the Democrats from claiming the files, and appeal the ruling.
Evidently, three days later, the Pima County Attorney’s Office did just that.
According to two documents sent to the Tucson Weekly, on Dec. 21, the Pima County Attorney’s Office filed a notice of appeal and a motion to stay the release of the records. Evidently, if the county waited to file the appeal after the Jan. 8 meeting, it would miss the legal filing deadline.
Brakey says he believes the county’s plan is clear: Tie the case up in court, get past the November elections without any spotlight on elections security, and sweep any political mess under the rug so the current slate of supes doesn’t have to worry about it during re-election campaigns.
Supervisor Ray Carroll, during a phone interview this morning, says he didn’t know the stay and appeal had been filed. He understands a discussion regarding a potential appeal is supposed to be on the Jan. 8 agenda, but he hasn’t seen any report or agenda proposal finds its way his 11th-floor office.
The agenda and any addendums for the Jan. 8 meeting will be posted on the Pima County Web site by Jan. 3.
This article appears in Dec 27, 2007 – Jan 2, 2008.
Fellow Tucsonans we’re back where we started with the Pima County Board of Chuck Huckleberry’s Supervisors.
Facts are: Huckleberry has known about the backdoor of the voting system since 1996. That was when Huckleberry authorized Bryan Crane to use the “backdoor” to merge the two databases together and what Crane did wasn’t in the manuals. In 1996 Pima County used punch cards at precincts and vote by mail ballots were counted on optical scanners from Global (that later became Diebold in 2002).
How do you think Huckleberry became the most powerful bureaucrat in the state? By being “the man behind the curtain. Now its time to pull the curtain back.” As Supervisor Ray Carroll said on Arizona Illustrated several months ago.
From my reading of the request for a stay to Judge miller’s Decision filed by attorneys for the Board of Supervisors, the plan is clear: (i) tie it up in court; (ii) get past the November 08 elections; (iii) get Supervisors re-elected 4 more years; (iv) and hope that we still live in the land of amnesia.
Excerpt from the Stay filed on December 21 2007:
“The County respectfully submits that such a stay is appropriate in light of the sensitive nature of the computer files that constitute the subject-mater of this case, as well as the fact that the County’s desire to protect those computer files from disclosure would prejudiced irreparably in the event such release were to occur prior to the conclusion of the County’s appeal in the matter.”
It’s clear that if the databases were to be released that at least 3 out of 5 Supervisors would be prejudiced irreparably by the databases that very well could show Election Fraud. What other reason could it be? We’ve heard all the rest of the diversions over the last year and in Court. You would think that the Supervisors would want to protect their integrity and give us the transparency that would end the debate. And that’s why we went to court and had a 4 day trial.
Please, write the BOS, call them and be there at the meeting Jan 8th.
They had their day in court!
Tell them the”Mayhem and Chaos” defense lost and to “Get over it”!
Tell the BoS it’s over!
Tell them, “We the People” all seems to agree that elections should be free, fair, accurate, trustworthy, and transparent!
I’ve yet to meet anybody who admits to being opposed to free, fair, accurate, and trustworthy, transparent elections.
At least till now!
Ray Carroll is the only Supervisor that has consistently demonstrated that he truly stands with honest transparent government and elections.
We might be able to persuade Supervisor Ann Day to support the stand of a fellow Republican Supervisor.
Let’s see how Board Chair Richard Elias decides to vote. He has always voted with us when we were on the losing side. But this time when his vote would be critical to upholding Judge Miller’s order to allow the Democratic party to access the database, will he stand up for transparency, or obey the head cheese, King Huckleberry of Pima County.
Call or write the BOS. Let’s hold them accountable. Join with us Jan 8th.
What we do does make a difference, especially if we maintain our civility.
Be the media and tell others.
John R Brakey
AUDITAZ@cox.net
Hot Mini Clips (MC) of Trial and from here link to all the others
MC Testimony of Bryan Crane on the RTA and iBeta report 17 minutes:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7304338799617243809
Link to iBeta report that doesn’t quite say what Bryan Crane states; http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/files/iBeta_Election_Forensic_Report_Pima_Co.pdf
The testimony of Jim Barry is mainly to illustrate that the Pima County government had a deep, vested, and motivated interest in the outcome of the RTA election. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1282511168148207359
Trial Testimony Huckelberry, he is the bureaucratic head cheese in Pima government. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4175279576759012912