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Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs decried actions taken by the so-called election auditors in Maricopa County, Arizona, noting that their choice to store ballots in a trailer outside the Phoenix Memorial Coliseum could have damaged them. The Republican-run Arizona State Senate ordered an audit of all 2.1 million ballots cast in the county for last year’s presidential election. Ostensibly done to validate the outcome, many are critical of the lawmakers choice of Cyber Ninjas, a company with zero experience in conducting election audits. The company’s owner is also an avowed sup...

A Pennsylvania-based IT firm is no longer managing the hand recount of the 2.1 million ballots in Arizona's Senate-led Maricopa County election audit after its contract ended earlier this month.

Tech company running Arizona ballot recount backs out: 'They were done' Jen Fifield and Andrew Oxford, Arizona Republic The Pennsylvania-based IT company that was in charge of running the hand recount of Maricopa County ballots is no longer involved in the audit. The contract with Wake Technology Services, Inc. ended May 14, the original completion date for the hand count, and the company chose not to renew its contract, according to Randy Pullen, an audit spokesperson and former state GOP chair. "They were done," he said. "They didn't want to come back." Wake TSI was the s...

David Wallace/Arizona Republic/Pool Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on May 24, 2021. A controversial review of 2020 election results in Maricopa County resumed on Monday after a one-week hiatus. Workers at color-coded tables in matching color-coded shirts began again the process of recounting, by hand, votes cast for president and U.S. Senate. Others took pictures of ballots using cameras suspended above tables inside Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the state fairground in Phoenix. It w...

9 questions about Arizona Republicans' ballot recount as weeklong shutdown ends Monday Brahm Resnik Replay Video Editor's note: The video above is from a newscast on May 18.  Arizona Senate Republicans' hand recount of Maricopa County's 2020 election ballots restarts Monday, confronting potential staffing issues, new legal challenges and looming financial liabilities. Here's what you need to know as the recount resumes at 8 a.m. Monday. Where's Your Ballot? All of the 2.1 million election ballots, plus election computers and other equipment handed over by Maricopa County, hav...