Some fear audit of 2020 Presidential vote in Arizona county
Some of the 2.1 million ballots cast during the 2020 election, are brought in for recounting at a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the Republican lead Arizona Senate at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, during a news conference Thursday, April
GOP-controlled state senate orders review of all 2.1 million ballots, vote-counting machines, and hard drives.
Posted: Apr 25, 2021 3:25 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
PHOENIX (AP) Months after former President Donald Trump s election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state s most populous county.
Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP
by Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 25, 2021 11:23 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 25, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT
PHOENIX Months after former President Donald Trump’s election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state’s most populous county.
The state Senate used its subpoena power to take possession of all 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County and the machines that counted them, along with computer hard drives full of data. They’ve handed the materials over to Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based consultancy with no election experience run by a man who has shared unfounded conspiracy theories claiming the official 2020 presidential election results are illegitimate.
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Months after Trumpâs election defeat, Arizona Republicans are recounting the vote
By Michael Wines New York Times,Updated April 25, 2021, 12:52 p.m.
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PHOENIX â It seemed so simple back in December.
Responding to angry voters who echoed former President Donald Trumpâs false claims of a stolen election, Arizona Republicans promised a detailed review of the vote that showed Trump to have been the first Republican presidential nominee to lose the state since 1996.
âWe hold an audit,â state Sen. Eddie Farnsworth said at a Judiciary Committee hearing. âAnd then we can put this to rest.â
But when a parade of flatbed trucks last week hauled boxes of voting equipment and 78 pallets containing the 2.1 million ballots of Arizonaâs largest county to a decrepit local coliseum, it kicked off a seat-of-the-pants audit process that seemed more likely to amplify Republican grievances than to put them to rest.
Half a Year After Trumpâs Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote
An audit of the vote in Arizonaâs most populous county was meant to mollify angry Trump voters. But it is being criticized as a partisan exercise more than a fact-finding one.
Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside the office where ballots were being counted in Phoenix on Nov. 6.Credit.Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times
PHOENIX â It seemed so simple back in December.
Responding to angry voters who echoed former President Donald J. Trumpâs false claims of a stolen election, Arizona Republicans promised a detailed review of the vote that showed Mr. Trump to have been the first Republican presidential nominee to lose the state since 1996. âWe hold an audit,â State Senator Eddie Farnsworth said at a Judiciary Committee hearing. âAnd then we can put this to rest.â