Maricopa County - A thread about election audits ahead of the Senate hearing today:

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A thread about election audits ahead of the Senate hearing today:
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Good audits built trust. B/c they are conducted by experienced professionals who use well-defined, proven processes which produce reproducible results, good election audits provide quantifiable proof that that reported results match the canvass. Board members support good audits.

Regardless of what ends up in the final report, what Cyber Ninjas & co. conducted was not a good audit. It did not build trust.

While claiming transparency, Senate contractors shut out critical voices and withheld vital information from the public. This secrecy continues.

Cyber Ninjas, flouting court order, refuse to turn over public records to the Senate
Cyber Ninjas won’t hand over all of the documents that Senate President Karen Fann requested from the review it conducted of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, despite an order by the Arizona Court…
https://www.azmirror.com/2021/09/17/cyber-ninjas-flouting-court-order-refuse-to-turn-over-public-records-to-the-senate/

While claiming competence, they put ballots on spinning tables and took a “2/3 ain’t bad” approach to verifying counts. It will be interesting to see how they ended up w/ their final number.

While claiming independence, they welcomed “Stop the Steal” advocates as volunteers and allowed at least one candidate who appeared on the 2020 General Election ballot to be part of the ballot review process.

Republic reporter kicked out of Arizona audit site after tweet about former state lawmaker tallying votes

A Republic reporter was escorted from the audit site after posting a photo showing a former Republican legislator at a ballot-counting table.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/04/30/ryan-randazzo-escorted-from-arizona-audit-site-after-tweet-former-state-rep-anthony-kern/4892470001/
While claiming personal biases would not affect their work, they participated in a film that alleged fraud in the 2020 election at the same time and in the same place they were conducting a supposedly independent review of that same election…

CEO Leading Arizona Senate's Election Audit Appears In Conspiracy Film
The CEO of the company leading Arizona Senate Republicans’ review of Maricopa County’s election results was revealed as a once-anonymous source in a conspiracy-laden film about the 2020 election.
https://kjzz.org/content/1695146/ceo-leading-arizona-senates-election-audit-appears-conspiracy-film

...and took nearly $6 million in private donations from organizations and people who have publicly claimed that the 2020 general election was stolen.

Trump supporters raise $5.7M for Arizona election audit
PHOENIX (AP) — Groups connected to prominent supporters of former President Donald Trump's movement to cast doubt on the 2020 election results have raised more than $5.7 million for Arizona Republican…
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arizona-senate-elections-9b626b0fb2714b17279d832339d8a878

Along the way, they made baseless, public allegations that promoted doubt in Maricopa County’s election system, staff, leadership, and the canvassed and certified election results.

Cyber Ninjas leader ignored records contradicting his false claim
Speaking before several thousand supporters at a “Rally to Protect Our Elections” in downtown Phoenix, former President Donald Trump recited a litany of alleged findings from the Arizona Senate’s self…
https://www.azmirror.com/2021/08/03/cyber-ninjas-leader-ignored-records-contradicting-his-false-claim/

Additionally:
•No bipartisan oversight
•Rules developed on the fly, not guided by statute
•Vague scope of work
•No fixed timeline
And on…

Board members do not believe the flawed Senate/Cyber Ninja audit should discourage real election audits by experienced professionals. But let's be honest about the difference.
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1. Statement from Maricopa County

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