Maricopa County Republican Committee Chairman Craig Berland said that Maricopa County “failed” to take serious election security measures after participating in the County’s pre-election Logic and Accuracy test, led by Election Directors Scott Jarrett and Rey Valenzuela. This was in preparation for city elections in Tempe and Carefree, Arizona. This comes after a horrendous election in 2022 where there were major machine malfunctions, but only in deep red -precincts.
A recent report put out by Maricopa County claims that “robust stress testing” is required for future elections. The county did not even bother to test their ballot-on-demand printers, which are used for in-person voting! Are the criminals who run elections in Maricopa County planning more election mischief? Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell called this report on the County’s investigation into the failures on Election Day a “cover-up”. He said that election officials in Maricopa County should have to face the music.
Berland concluded in the statement he was:
“disappointed that Maricopa County government officials failed to take additional appropriate measures to ensure that all voter apparatus was included in the L&A testing to demonstrate adequate testing for election deployment, especially after the major failure of the BOD printers in the last election.”
MCRC CHAIRMAN CRAIG BERLAND STATEMENT ON MAY 1, 2023 MARICOPA COUNTY PRE-ELECTION LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST.
CONTACT: MCRC CHAIRMAN CRAIG BERLAND | EMAIL: chair@maricopacountygop.org
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELPHOENIX, ARIZONA – On May 1, 2023, I attended the Logic and Accuracy (L&A) Test for the upcoming May 16, 2023 Jurisdictional Elections in Tempe and Carefree, Arizona, both cities within the jurisdiction of Maricopa County.
The entirety of the test was to verify if the tabulators at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC) counted the preprinted ballots the same as previously counted. The results did indeed match, and I signed, as MCRC Chairman, that I witnessed the matching numbers.
What I was not asked to sign was a document stating that all machines associated with the election were tested and found to pass the L&A test. County election management was specifically questioned about the Ballot On Demand (BOD) printers that would be part of the election equipment, and they responded that BOD printers were not part of the L&A test that we witnessed. Nor were we asked to verify the test ballots as marked.
As Chairman of the Republican Party in Maricopa County, one who takes the importance of Election Integrity seriously, I am disappointed that Maricopa County government officials failed to take additional appropriate measures to ensure that all voter apparatus was included in the L&A testing to demonstrate adequate testing for election deployment, especially after the major failure of the BOD printers in the last election.
Similarly, As reported by Brian Lupo with The Gateway Pundit, tabulators used in Maricopa County were likely not tested at all by county officials, and if they were, they were tested inconceivably below the standards of the Arizona Revised Statute. This is despite testimony by Maricopa County Election Director Scott Jarrett in Kari Lake’s election trial that the Logic and Accuracy testing was satisfactorily completed.
Below is an excerpt from the 2019 Arizona Elections Procedures Manual and Scott Jarrett’s testimony from a November 28 Board of Supervisors meeting:
