On CNN Wednesday, Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a moderate Republican, tore into the Arizona GOP’s ballot “audit” scheme in Maricopa County, and warned it would set a dangerous precedent for the integrity of elections.
“Madam Secretary, you see like flashing, you know, red warning signs and sirens here based on what’s happening in Arizona,” said anchor John Berman. “Why?”
“Well, because we’re witnessing an event that has absolutely unprecedented movement in elections,” said Wyman. “We’ve never seen a private company be able to come in and take command and control of live ballots that were used in an election, and the precedence of this is just unnerving for election officials across the country. And it should alarm every American in the country because we don’t want people to be able to just walk into a crime scene and contaminate evidence for a future trial. That’s what this is.” Continue reading.