On a recent trip to D.C., Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll ran into old friends and made new ones. The supervisor knows he will struggle in a Republican primary. He should seek all the professional help he can get, and of course – if he follows his usual course – he will do so on the taxpayer’s dime.
Bronson, Carroll Move To Thwart Verifiable Pima County Elections
As word that the Arizona Secretary of State’s office was preparing an informal opinion as to the legality of a hand count audit of the ballots cast in the upcoming November 3 election, Pima County officials scrambled on Friday to cancel the October 20 meeting and the vote by the Board of Supervisors on the matter.
The meeting was purportedly cancelled because Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bronson, District 4 Supervisor Ray Carroll, Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry and Deputy County Administrator John Bernal are joining officials from Sun Corridor Inc., (formerly TREO) in Washington D.C. next week to meet with members of Congress and Obama Administration officials.
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With the passing of Supervisor Richard Elias’ father this week and the absence of Carroll and Bronson, the Board lacks a quorum necessary to ensure verifiable elections through the hand count audit. The County’s press release today states that Bronson and Carroll cannot pull themselves away from their D.C. meetings and appear at the October 20 meeting in Pima County telephonically in order to have a quorum.
At issue is the demand by Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry that the Secretary of State weigh-in on the legality of performing a hand count audit of ballots prior to the October 20 meeting. Initially, in order to prevent a verifiable election, Huckelberry made the incredible claim that he was concerned that a hand count audit was illegal. The Secretary of State Michelle Reagan and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich were then asked to issue informal opinions on the legality question.
According to Huckelberry’s press release Bronson and Carroll were expecting to meet with D.C. officials prior to that “marking up” the Transportation Bill on October 22. The release reads in part:
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