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A private Pennsylvania-based IT company hired to help conduct a partisan hand recount of nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County last November has abandoned the effort.
Arizona audit: 160K more Maricopa County ballots recounted than originally estimated Staff Reports An audit spokesperson upped the number of ballots recounted by 180,000 before work stopped more than a week ago, but then later estimated that downward to 160,000. Randy Pullen, an audit spokesperson and former state GOP chair, said Monday that 680,000 ballots were reviewed when the recount paused on May 13. Ken Bennett, the Senate's audit liaison, previously put the estimate at 500,000. © David Wallace/The Republic Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election...
The company has been a subcontractor to the lead auditor, Florida-based Cyber Ninjas, since the election review began a month ago.
It’s the latest in a series of stumbles for the prolonged 2020 recount in Arizona
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, launched another attack on the Republican-controlled Arizona State Senate's audit of Maricopa County's 2020 election results on Monday, and complained that election officials in other states are concerned they may soon be subject to similar audits. | election integrity