Experts call for federal monitors of Arizona election audit, citing violations of voting laws Robert Anglen, Arizona Republic Replay Video UP NEXT PHOENIX – Election security specialists with high-powered policy groups are calling for federal monitors to oversee the Arizona Senate's hand recount of 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County. Citing violations of voting and election laws, representatives of the Brennan Center for Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Protect Democracy urged the Department of Justice to protect ballots and prevent voter intimidation. "Ballots that are protected under federal law are in imminent danger of being stolen, defaced, or irretrievably damaged, and Arizona citizens are in imminent danger of being subject to unlawful voter intimidation," the four security specialists wrote in the April 29 letter.