Updated
Apr 23, 2021 05:37 pm
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge cited deep concerns about ballot secrecy on Friday during an audit of the 2020 election results from the state’s most populous county, but the process will move forward after Democrats decided not to put up a $1 million bond to fund any increase in costs from the delay.
That price tag was too steep, Democrats said, letting the audit continue in Maricopa County — home to Arizona’s largest city, Phoenix — while leaving in place the judge’s orders that the Arizona Senate and its auditors follow state law on ballot secrecy and voter privacy as they do a hand recount of 2.1 million ballots.