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Stephen Richer: “The tabulators could read those [Sharpie-marked] ballots…”

Featuring: Stephen Richer, Republican | Maricopa County Recorder | Arizona

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Maricopa County Recorder-elect Stephen Richer wants to get rid of 'partisan noise'

Published | Video Starts at 03:09

So I think that's something we saw with the Sharpie gate situation, which was, it turns out that The tabulators could read those [Sharpie-marked] ballots fine. but they, you know, we've been told for a long time not to use Sharpies. (03:09–03:14)

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Asserts that tabulators can read ballots marked with Sharpies without issue.

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