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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...

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...

Everything You Need to Know About the Cyber Ninja Clown Car That's Crashing Through Arizona Gizmodo 3 hrs ago © Photo: Matt York (AP) Auditors at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 6, 2021. Republicans in the Arizona Senate—obsessed with vindicating Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 elections—have been working with a shady, virtually unknown firm named Cyber Ninjas to audit 2.1 million votes in Maricopa County. This farce comes despite the objections of the county’s election officials, who insist their own audit has already proved the vote was accurate and untampered an...

Arizona's Election Auditors Are ‘Making It Up As They Go,' Expert Observers Say Patch 2 hrs ago Observers sent by the Arizona Secretary of State’s office to the Senate’s audit of the Maricopa County election shared concerns with reporters Wednesday saying that auditors are making up procedures as they go and that security issues continue to be a concern. “It’s bad for election security, it’s bad for voters, it’s bad for our democracy,” Joanna Lydgate, CEO of States United Democracy Center, said about the audit. “This is about casting doubt on our election process because ...

Arizona Republicans feud over audit as Trump pushes falsehoods about 2020 election Arizona Republican officials are pushing back against false claims from former President Donald Trump and his allies about the 2020 election — another sign of how the same divisions that led the House GOP to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as No. 3-ranking member last week are fracturing the party outside of Washington. Trump lit the latest fuse Saturday — as Republican leaders of the Arizona state Senate press forward with a controversial audit conducted by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based consulti...