Arizona audit: Recount of Maricopa County election restarts at coliseum Staff Reports
Ballot counting has resumed at Veterans Memorial Coliseum after a week-plus-long hiatus due to high school graduation ceremonies.
Before they paused, the effort had made it through about 500,000 of the 2.1 million ballots cast by Maricopa County voters. The counters now have about six weeks to finish the rest before their lease expires at the end of June.
The floor of the coliseum now has 44 tables set up for counting and 32 for ballot inspection, though just half of those were in use Monday morning. The effort will have to pick up considerable steam to complete the work over the next month.
Pummeled by the pandemic, but still standing, Arizona’s hospitality industry received a legislative boost on Monday, May 17, 2021, when the state legislature passed HB 2773, allowing.
Watchdog group sues for Arizona election audit records
May 19, 2021
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PHOENIX (AP) A government watchdog group is suing the Arizona Senate seeking access to records related to the Senate Republicans’ audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County.
Washington-based American Oversight filed the suit in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday. It says the Senate is violating Arizona’s public records law by failing to turn over audit records.
The watchdog group says it’s seeking a variety of records including communications of Senate audit liaison Ken Bennett and the audit’s budget and funders.
Attorney Roopali Desai says in a statement that the Senate can’t get around public records laws by hiring a private firm to perform government functions. A Senate GOP spokesman did not immediately comment.
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Washington-based American Oversight filed the suit in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday. It says the Senate is violating Arizona s public records law by failing to turn over audit records. The watchdog group says it s seeking a variety of records including communications of Senate audit liaison Ken Bennett and the audit s budget and funders. Attorney Roopali Desai says in a statement that the Senate can t get around public records laws by hiring a private firm to perform government functions. A Senate GOP spokesman did not immediately comment.
A government watchdog group is suing the Arizona Senate seeking access to records related to the Senate Republicans’ audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County.