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The Arizona GOP's Maricopa County audit: What to know about it Caitlin Huey-Burns © COURTNEY PEDROZA / Getty Images Arizona Recounts 2020 Presidential Election Ballots More than six months after his defeat in the November election, former President Trump is still claiming victory, calling the election "the big lie," despite several recounts and dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits that say otherwise. Although every state has certified its results, the Republican-controlled state Senate in Arizona has undertaken a full hand recount and audit of the ballots and voting machines in...

© Maricopa County Maricopa County flag and government buildings Officials in Arizona's Maricopa County are withholding materials subpoenaed by the state legislature as part of its audit of the county's 2020 election, claiming that surrendering them would constitute a security risk for both law enforcement and federal agencies. A Monday letter sent from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to Ken Bennett, the former Arizona secretary of state and the liaison between the state Senate and the auditors, said the county had elected not to turn over "several routers" requested by the legislatur...

Scottsdale made similar revisions in January, and Glendale and Tempe are currently in the process of revising their policies, spokespeople told Phoenix New Times. Maricopa County spokesperson Fields Moseley said the county's current policy is focused on preventing impairment at work, with special restrictions on some “safety sensitive positions.” Cities say their changing policies are in response to Proposition 207, which passed in November with widespread support from voters. And while the new law legalizes adult consumption of marijuana without a prescription, a local employment attorn...

Print this article Arizona’s state Senate is set to begin a major audit of ballots from the state’s largest county after months of being reportedly blocked by county officials. "It's taken the Senate 2 1/2 months to win in court to uphold our right to issue subpoenas for election materials," said state Senate President Karen Fann, "and another six weeks of researching to select the audit team to perform the full forensic audit." Arizona’s Republican-controlled Senate has had subpoenas to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors pending since Dec. 15 and has battled in court for the ri...

Senate mulls next step in auditing 2.1M ballots These are the 2.1 million ballots cast in November in Maricopa County, loaded onto a truck and ready for delivery to the Senate — which may not be able to handle them. PHOTO COURTESY MARICOPA COUNTY Pallets of ballots sit on trucks in Phoenix as senators figure out what to do next, three months after they declared they wanted their own audit of the presidential election. The 28 tons of paper packed in hundreds of neatly stacked boxes with nowhere to go serve as a visual representation of the Senate’s audit attempt, which has been full of set...