Republicans roundly booed ballot tabulation machines and instead chose to count by hand for officer elections, thus slowing the process to a crawl. Idiots.
January 15, 2023

Republicans roundly booed ballot tabulation machines and instead chose to count by hand for officer elections, thus slowing the process to a crawl. Idiocracy indeed.

Source: National Zero

Take Trumpism and mix it with the included packet of election denialism. Sprinkle in QAnon conspiracy theories and garnish with the Russian-produced meme du jour, and you've got the putrid stew that is the Maricopa County, Arizona Republican Party meeting. As the officials on stage try to explain the voting system that will be used, members object loudly with a couple seemingly shouting claims of fraud, something Kari Lake would be very proud of.

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez witnessed the spectacle for the Washington Post.

The fascist "Arizona First" slate appears to have done very well, not surprisingly.

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