Arizona Election Auditors Finish Paper Examination, Counting
Workers examine ballots cast in Maricopa County in the 2020 election during an audit at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Ariz., on May 6, 2021. (Matt York/AP Photo)
The handlers of the audit of the Maricopa County, Arizona, election results said they’ve finished counting and photographing nearly 2.1 million ballots.
“Audit Update: Paper examination and counting are finished today,” the audit team wrote in a post on its Twitter account on June 25. “Thank you to all the amazing Arizona volunteers who made this audit possible!”
The GOP-led state Senate authorized the audit, which started in late April, after months of wrangling with Maricopa County’s executives in a back-and-forth legal battle. Republicans hired Cyber Ninjas, a cybersecurity firm, to lead some of the efforts.