Arizona’s Top Elections Official Tells Maricopa County to Get New Election Machines
Machines being audited may have been compromised, Arizona s secretary of state alleges
Arizona’s secretary of state on Thursday warned the state’s largest county not to try to use election machines that are being audited or she would decertify the equipment.
“I have grave concerns regarding the security and integrity of these machines, given that the chain of custody, a critical security tenet, has been compromised and election officials do not know what was done to the machines while under Cyber Ninjas’ control,” Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, wrote in a letter to Maricopa County officials.
Karen Fann
Four national voting rights groups sent a letter to Arizona Republican Senate President Karen Fann voicing their concerns about the Maricopa County Election audit.
The Brennan Center and the Carter Center, among others, say that Cyber Ninjas, the company the state Senate hired, lacks the skills and independence necessary to conduct an audit.
In the letter the groups urged Arizona lawmakers to stop efforts that could undermine confidence in our elections, pointing out the two earlier audits showed no discrepancies.
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A judge is set to hear arguments Feb. 25 in a fight between Arizona Senate Republicans and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors over access to ballots and voting machines used in November’s election. FOX 10 s Carmen Blackwell reports.
PHOENIX (AP) - Republicans who control the Arizona House advanced a series of election-related proposals Feb. 25 that they contend are needed to tighten the state’s election security. But Democrats call them part of an ongoing voter suppression effort by GOP lawmakers.