EVIDENCE OF RTA ELECTION TAMPERING TO BE DESTROYED BY PIMA COUNTY

[Melissa G]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2008

Contact:
Bill Risner, Esq. / AUDITAZ
520- 622-7494

EVIDENCE OF RTA ELECTION TAMPERING TO BE DESTROYED BY PIMA COUNTY

SWORN TESTIMONY OF CONFESSION OF TAMPERING


Where: Valdez Main Library Downtown, downstairs meeting room

When: July 9, 2008,

Time: 1:30 p.m. promptly


New information about the planned destruction of the actual paper ballots from the RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) and tax increase election

has come to light this week. These ballots are scheduled for destruction by Pima County Treasurer Beth Ford unless immediate action is taken by

Attorney General Terry Goddard’s office to preserve this important evidence.


Up to this point, the so-called investigation by Attorney General Goddard’s office has been generally described by election integrity groups as “a sham.”

Among the irregularities in that investigation was an untrue claim that the Tucson election reform community approved of the attorney general’s decision

to deny a hand count of the ballots from the RTA election.


BREAKING NEWS: Further evidence of tampering with the RTA results has been exposed by a former county employee. He will testify, under oath,

that Bryan Crane, election computer operator, feared discovery of the fact that he, at the direction of Elections Director Brad Nelson, had tampered with

the data from the RTA election, materially “fixing” the election to approve rather than reject the RTA.


On behalf of the public and election integrity activists, AUDIT AZ demands a complete re-investigation of the RTA election by Attorney General

Terry Goddard’s office, including:

1. Preservation of the actual ballots

2. A full hand count of all the ballots, with witnesses.

3. Determination whether there are criminal acts to be prosecuted.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Ballot destruction memo, sworn affidavit, and background facts on the RTA election and court ordered release of election database

are available for download at: http://www.ElectionDefenseAlliance.org/RTA_evidence



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Press Release by AUDIT-AZ (Americans United for Democracy, Integrity, and Transparency in Elections, Arizona) distributed by Election Defense Alliance

Election Defense Alliance is a program of International Humanities Center, a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code.

[Melissa G]

From the affidavit of Zbigniew Olmolski...

3. During that conversation Bryan Crane told me that he had "fixed" the RTA or Regional Transportation Authority election under the direction of his bosses and he did what he was told to do.

[spag68]

1. You live in Az.

and still don't understand how corrupt it is there? You have a gung ho rethug prison system, Your judges and courts make judgments based on how much money they can extract from the accused, and it's still the wild west out there. Get organized and get more progressives into office, then maybe you have a chance to for what should be a wonderful place to live. Look at your senators and reps. then do something about it. Until then all you get is my sympathy.

[Melissa G]

2. Actually, I live in Texas. I am reposting this from a list I read because I thought it of

general interest to those who frequent the Election Reform forum.