The first-ever audit of the 2020 presidential vote in Maricopa County, Arizona has set off a civil war that pits the Republican-led state senate against Democratic Party officials in charge of
Updated 5/22/2021 7:22 PM
The technology company Cyber Ninjas was tasked last month with conducting an audit of election results in Maricopa County, Arizona, ordered by Republican state senators.
On May 15, former President Donald Trump weighed in.
That s false, according to PolitiFact.com. There is no evidence any databases were illegally deleted.
Three days before Trump s statement, a post on the audit s Twitter account said the county deleted a directory full of election databases from the 2020 election cycle days before the election equipment was delivered to the audit.
The Maricopa County Elections Department disputed that claim in a memo, stating, the original database folder on the EMSPrimary server was not deleted or otherwise tampered with during packaging and delivery.
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In a bid to bolster former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump’s Republican allies are now seeking Arizona-style audits in other swing states including Georgia, where the former President’s false claims have set off an intraparty war.
A day after Trump said in a statement that Georgia should follow Arizona’s lead, former Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, a Trump supporter who is challenging incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in next year’s GOP primary, proposed an audit Wednesday.
“Georgians still have questions about irregularities found in the 2020 election and they deserve answers,” he said in a statement. “We must get to the bottom of all of this and other irregularities to restore trust in our election process. If Mr. Kemp refuses to demand an audit, then I will when I am elected to replace him.”