“Where’s the PIMA GOP on this election and the debacle in Maricopa County?”
Strategy. Time. Execution. The County Chairmen throughout Arizona have been working together (strategy) with the State Chairwoman and the AZ Attorney General and Governor campaigns and their legal plans (timing) to determine how we could have the greatest impact (execution) in stopping the certification of the election in Maricopa County.
There are a lot of moving pieces in a political strategy, and they don’t begin with flame-throwing and emotional responses. Fortunately, our State Chairwoman and County Chairmen had the foresight to coordinate with the Lake and Hamadeh campaigns, give the Maricopa County Chairwoman the opportunity to witness the Logic and Accuracy testing—and NOT sign off on it, get expert advice from attorneys and our State 3rd Vice Chairwoman Gina Swoboda, and prepare a rationale for NOT certifying the Maricopa County election today.
Strategy
The strategy was to statistically demonstrate the Maricopa County Department of Elections failed to administer fair and transparent election day voting. The letter can be read here. We identified nine (9) systemic failures on election day. Any one of the failures individually would have caused the election day voting to be a failure for Maricopa County, but corporately they disenfranchise the voters of the entire state of Arizona. Maricopa County has 58.7% of the registered voters in Arizona. By most voters residing in Maricopa County, their failure results in a systemic failure for the state. Sixty percent (60%) of the votes cast in the General Election 2022 came from Maricopa County; on Election Day as many as 70% or more votes cast were Republican voters.
Strategic Point: Voters outside Maricopa County are disenfranchised. Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma all cast more votes for Lake than Hobbs, therefore, sixty-seven percent (67%) of Arizona counties voted for Lake/Hamadeh. Forty-nine percent (49%) of those in Maricopa County voted for Lake/Hamadeh.
Strategic Point: We don’t know what happened in Maricopa County on Election Day to cause such widespread failures, but we do know the AG Election Integrity Unit, RNC Hotline, and ABC/Washington Post reporting corroborates the County Chairmen’s thinking: the scope and cause of the election day failures in Maricopa County are unknown and must be investigated before the election is certified.
Time
The L & A had not been completed in Maricopa County when the County Chairmen first convened. We could not say we stood in solidarity with the Maricopa County Republican Committee as they had not yet completed their testing and assessment, but we knew we could stand together and point out the failures. Additionally, we were notified that Abe Hamadeh had received his court date/time (November 28 @ 2:00 pm) so we knew we could move ahead without impacting his future actions and we knew we had to respond before Maricopa certified and Mr. Hamadeh’s hearing. The Lake campaign would be filing a lawsuit, and we did not want to interfere with her filing, which we did not. Timing was everything.
Strategic Point: Get the statement out so it doesn’t get lost in the Thanksgiving weekend news before Mr. Hamadeh’s hearing, after Ms. Lake’s filing and before the Maricopa County BOS meeting. Additionally, at a time that will get it on the 5:00 news cycle, ideally before 2:00 Friday.
Execution
Issuing a letter that 16 people can all agree to the strategy, timing, issuance, and wording is no small feat. We began with asking one person to write the letter as a starting point. The letter was then shared with the other 14 County Chairmen and State Chairwoman for comment. After comments were received, the final draft was composed, agreement reached, and the letter published.
Strategic Point: The County Chairmen worked together to ensure that the Lake and Hamadeh campaigns were not harmed by any statements made or letters issued. No individual county went rogue with statements that could have resulted in harm to current or future lawsuits, the Arizona Republican Party is united in its purpose, and we continue to fight for election integrity in Arizona and Pima County.
We have many new Precinct Committeemen in Pima County and many of them are asking “Where’s the Pima GOP on this election and the debacle in Maricopa County?” I can assure all of you that we have been working very hard with Republican leaders in the state. Call your county leaders, ask questions, be in the know. Keep your powder dry, you are going to need it.
Join me. Email the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and tell them to NOT certify the election and more importantly, DO NOT disenfranchise your vote in Pima County.
Read: Arizona County Republican Chairs Send Letter Calling on Maricopa County Not To Certify Corrupt Midterm Election in The Gateway Pundit, November 26, 2022, at 4:40 pm