DOJ Again Warns States Against Renegade “Audits”

Yahoo News reports: 

The Justice Department on Wednesday issued a second warning to states that so-called audits of the 2020 election could violate federal laws, emphasizing the agency’s intent to protect voting rights.

Several counties and states across the U.S. have completed or considered audits amid former President Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud.

Arizona’s GOP-led audit triggered a warning from the DOJ in May. The state Senate turned over 2.1 million subpoenaed ballots from its largest county to an outside contractor whose CEO promoted election conspiracy theories.

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The Justice Department has issued a second warning to states that so-called audits of the 2020 election could violate federal laws, emphasizing the agency’s intent to protect voting rights.https://t.co/BEWDbyAXlz

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