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Arizona Senate Republicans are expected to begin their review Wednesday of a partial Maricopa County election audit, but critics are not waiting until then to target the report as little more than "invalid and unreliable" partisan propaganda.

Arizona Republicans Subpoena Routers Amid Cyber Ninjas Shambling Election Audit Senate Republicans are demanding extensive access to Maricopa County records, but key rats are jumping the audit ship. By Alerts Early voting ballots piled up for legitimate hand auditing by Maricopa County Elections Department staff in October 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Courtney Pedroza (Getty Images) The Republican goons in the Arizona Senate backing the farce of a “recount” of the 2020 election results ...

Fann demands records on audit from Hobbs From left are Katie Hobbs and Karen Fann In a sign the Senate audit, which was supposed to be only about the 2020 election results, is now expanding in scope, Senate President Karen Fann now wants documents from Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. In a public records request, the Prescott Republican is demanding any communications Hobbs has had with anyone about the audit and the litigation it has produced. And Fann is casting a wide net, seeking not just me...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit by Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press Posted Jul 17, 2021 6:50 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 17, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona’s electoral votes. Trump relied on comments made Thursday by contractors hired by state Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 vote count in Mar...

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit By Jonathan J. Cooper View Comments Phoenix — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizonas electoral votes. Trump relied on comments made Thursday by contractors hired by state Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 vote count in Maricopa County, which includes metro Phoenix. The “forensic audit,” as Senate GOP leaders ...

View Comments Maricopa County will spend nearly $3 million to replace voting equipment that officials say was permanently tainted by the Arizona Senates election review.  The county will spend millions to purchase and then destroy the old equipment that was subpoenaed for the audit as well as for new systems before the upcoming elections. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for the funding after the county announced June 28 it would not reuse most of the voting equipment that was i...

PHOENIX (AP) — Voting machines from Arizona’s most populous county should not be used in the future after state Senate Republicans forced officials to give them access for an audit of 2020 election results, the state’s top elections official said Thursday. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, said in a letter that Maricopa County […]

Arizona PBS May 20, 2021 Some of the record-setting number of early ballots received by the Maricopa County Elections Department in this October file photo. Elections officials insist the election was secure and that several audits prove it, but that has not stopped the state Senate from ordering another, controversial private audit. (Photo courtesy Maricopa County Elections Department) WASHINGTON – Maricopa County’s chief information security officer said the county was able to handle cybe...

The county hired several firms to conduct the audit, led by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based firm that has no election experience before 2020 and is led by a Trump supporter who has promoted election conspiracies. The audit will not change the outcome of the election, but many Trump supporters hope it will lead to similar reviews in other battleground states and turn up evidence that President Joe Biden’s victory was illegitimate. Critics say it’s a fruitless attempt to further Trump‘s narra...

Senate Republicans sign lease to continue Arizona election audit By Jonathan J. Cooper PHOENIX - Republicans in the Arizona Senate have signed a lease to continue their slow-moving audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County through the end of June. The state Senate and its contractors had rented the Veterans Memorial Coliseum through May 14, when they must vacate the old basketball arena because it is booked for high school graduations next week. Republicans have hired Cyber Ninjas, ...