1.02
Control Environment
Principle 1: Demonstrate Commitment to Integrity and Ethical Values
Tone at the Top
Attribute 1.02: The oversight body and management demonstrate the importance of integrity and ethical values through their directives, attitudes, and behavior.
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Jamie's Story
Katie Hobbs was serving as the Arizona Secretary of State while running for Arizona Governor during the 2022 Mid-term elections. Katie was serving an oversight role for all Arizona county elections as the Arizona Secretary of State. Relevant to this Green Book Attribute 1.02, she refused to recuse herself from the oversight role, from which ethical questions arose. There were no legal restrictions to prevent her from remaining in the oversight role. This was an ethical question directed at the one person that was solely responsible for overseeing her own election.
Election Anomalies
Arizona Senate Allegations
This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, implies cooperation is needed between management and oversight. Unfortunately, MC appears to believe they are not accountable to any entity, certainly not the public and not the Arizona Legislature.
Potential governance gaps were identified by the Assessment Team from the Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation of Arizona Senate allegations. This Green Book attribute is relevant to all of the allegations submitted by the Arizona Senate since MC Elected Officials and MC leadership failed to recognize the importance of the Arizona Senate's oversight role. Investigative information was withheld by MC Elected Officials and MC Leadership, which ultimately lead to the Arizona Senate formally filing their allegations with the Arizona Attorney General. The public perceives MC leadership as lacking integrity and being unethical when they withhold information from the public and oversight entities, such as the Arizona Senate.
This potential deviation from the Green Book standard applies to the following Arizona Senate Allegations:
- Allegation #1 Signature Verifciaton
- Allegation #2, Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020)
- Allegation #3, Maricopa Election Management Server (2020)
All of the following are sub-allegations of Allegation #3:
- MC EMS 2020 - Election Management System Database Purged
- MC EMS 2020 - Election Files Deleted
- MC EMS 2020 - Corrupt Ballot Images
- MC EMS 2020 - Missing Ballot Images
- MC EMS 2020 - Failure to Follow Basic Cyber Security Practices
- MC EMS 2020 - Subpoenaed Equipment Not Yet Provided
- MC EMS 2020 - Anonymous Logins
- MC EMS 2020 - Dual Boot System Discovered
- MC EMS 2020 - Operating System Logs Not Preserved
- MC EMS 2020 - Internet Connections to the EMS
- 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)
