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A judge said he’s not convinced private firms are protecting the rights of Maricopa County voters while conducting a review of the 2020 election ordered by the Republican-led Arizona state Senate. But Judge Daniel Martin is letting the audit and recount at Veterans Memorial Coliseum continue, at least for now. Martin took over the case after Judge Christopher Coury recused himself Sunday afternoon. An attorney working for the firm Cyber Ninjas, a defendant in the case, used to work in Coury’s office. During a Tuesday morning hearing, Martin reiterated a legal position previously stated by...

Judge rejects attempt to keep secret the procedures used for Arizona election audit Andrew Oxford, Arizona Republic A judge has rejected an attempt to keep secret the procedures used to recount the 2.1 million ballots cast by Maricopa County voters. Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based firm hired by the Arizona Senate to oversee the hand recount, had sought to keep the public from learning the details of how it is conducting the work. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin said those details should be heard in open court, however. While the decision could soon give the ...

A request to keep secret the policies used for the recount of Maricopa County's ballots has prompted pushback from news organizations ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered Friday that Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based firm hired by the Arizona Senate to conduct the recount, turn over more information about its work this week as part of a lawsuit filed by the state Democratic Party and Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo. The lawsuit said the recount violates various state election laws and does not include adequate procedures to ensure ...

As the Arizona Senate prepared to begin its election audit on Friday, it was unclear whether Senate Republicans would permit journalists to cover the unprecedented event except under severe restrictions that would seriously limit their ability to do their jobs. Senate President Karen Fann said Wednesday evening that her audit team was revising its media policy, which previously only permitted journalists into Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where the audit is taking place, if they signed up to work as volunteer observers and agreed to follow rules prohibiting them from taking photographs, using r...

When the deadly incursion unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, at least one Arizona lawmaker was on the ground there and communicated directly with "Stop the Steal" rally organizers. Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, exchanged a series of text messages with those organizers as he "got swept up in the crowd" on his way to the Capitol, records released by his attorney show. "They are storming the Capitol," Mike Coudrey, a Trump supporter and "Stop the Steal" coordinator, warned in a text to Finchem as the lawmaker reached the side of the building. "I don't think it safe."