Group running Arizona election audit releases documents it had tried to keep secret Andrew Oxford, Arizona Republic The public has received the most detailed explanation yet of the route that every Maricopa County ballot will take through an unprecedented recount ordered by the state Senate. The private company overseeing the recount released Thursday documents outlining policies and procedures for the audit, as ordered by a judge Wednesday, though one document remained under seal. The 191 pages detailed a process that departs significantly from Arizona’s election procedures. But the documents leave much unclear. What are the Senate's contractors doing with election equipment that they obtained from the county government?