1.06

Control Environment

Principle 1: Demonstrate Commitment to Integrity and Ethical Values

Attribute 1.06: Management establishes standards of conduct to communicate expectations concerning integrity and ethical values. The entity uses ethical values to balance the needs and concerns of different stakeholders, such as regulators, service organizations, employees, and the public. The standards of conduct guide the directives, attitudes, and behaviors of the organization in achieving its objectives.

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Election Anomalies

Arizona Senate Allegations

As already noted in Green Book Attribute 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04 Arizona Senate allegations arose from a failure to recognize the Arizona Senates Oversight Role. These allegations were investigated and reported on by the Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation. The elected officials were considered as a possible oversight entity for MC operations.

This Green Book attribute emphasizes "Tone at the top can be either a driver, as shown in the preceding paragraphs, or a barrier to internal control." The MCBOS didn't cooperated with the Senate. The MCBOS did not respond to subpoenas issued (twice) by the Senate. Instead, the MCBOS chose to pursue court remedies to keep their information private and prevent outsiders from inspecting their equipment. If this is the tone at the top, how do you think subordinates would respond to inquiries?

This potential deviation from the Green Book standard applies to the following Arizona Senate Allegations:

• Allegation #1 Signature Verification
• Allegation #2, Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020)
  • Standards were not evident with the following findings from AZ AG's inspector:
    • See the heading Deviation: Missing Entries on Election Forms from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
    • See the heading Deviation: Missing Ballot Counts from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
    • See the heading Deviation: Used Email instead of EVBTS Forms from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
    • See the heading Deviation: Unfulfilled Party Representation Requirements for Couriers from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
    • See the heading Deviation: Fictious Addresses in MC Voter Registration Database from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
    • See the heading Deviation: Allegations Confirmed from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.

• Allegation #4, Maricopa County Withholding Audit Data (2020)
  • The uncooperative tone is clearly displayed by the MCBOS and MCBOS member Bill Gates.
• Allegation #5, Pima County Embedded 35,000 Votes (2020)
• Allegation #6, Unknown Published Election Fraud Flyer (2020)

Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens

This Green Book Attribute, 1.06, emphasizes the code of conduct as an aspect of integrity and ethics. The email is directing people to violate the instructions on the ballot and direct voters to use Sharpie Markers instead of ballpoint pens.. This action is contrary to any remedial action to address a deficiency. The following unethical practices were revealed by this Maricopa County email:

• Maricopa County Leadership directed the use of Sharpie Markers on Election Day contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020.
• Maricopa County Leadership asked personnel to stop using Sharpie Markers and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.
• Inspectors were the target audience of this email message. The email asked inspectors to intentionally distribute Sharpie Pens on Election Day in the same email that had also acknowledgeed there are issues with the use of Sharpie Pens on ballots prior to October 22, 2020. The very people (i.e., inspectors) that should have been directing compliance with the ballot instructions the use of ball point pens were being told to violate ballot instructions by ensuring poll workers distributed Sharpie Marker to voters on Election Day, even though there were know issues with Sharpie Markers.