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Private company recounting Arizona ballots wants methods kept secret
The Florida-based consultancy has no election experience and is run by a man who has shared unfounded conspiracy theories claiming the official 2020 presidential election results are illegitimate.
By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press
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Doug Logan, owner of Florida-based consultancy Cyber Ninjas, talks about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the Republican-led Arizona Senate at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, during a news conference on Thursday in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press
PHOENIX A contractor hired by Arizona’s state Senate to oversee the recount of 2.1 million ballots from November’s election in the county that includes the metro Phoenix area wants a judge to keep secret its methods for ensuring ballot privacy.
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Doug Logan, asserted that abiding by a court order to produce its training manuals and procedures would “compromise the security of its recount.”
Attorneys for Cyber Ninjas argued the following, according to the report:
But the company argued on Sunday that filing the documents in court publicly would compromise the security of its recount. And it argued that the records include protected trade secrets. The company also maintained that the documents are protected by legislative privilege, as it is working on behalf of the state Senate.
The filing came after the Arizona Democratic Party and Maricopa County Supervisor
Steve Gallardo last week filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the audit, claiming it would violate state law to have private voting information “placed into the hands of unknown, untrained agents of the private auditors” with virtually no oversight.
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PHOENIX A contractor hired by Arizona’s state Senate to oversee the recount of 2.1 million ballots from November’s election in the county that includes the metro Phoenix area wants a judge to keep secret its methods for ensuring ballot privacy.