Since the 1965 Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory election practices that had suppressed the Black vote for decades, federal election monitors have. 08.11.2022, Sputnik International
Updated: Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 8:50pm
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Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who were hired by the Arizona Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix.
Election experts say processes used to review and recount votes cast in Maricopa County are vastly different from standards used by election officials, casting doubt about the results of the review ordered by the Republican-led state Senate.
A team of election observers, working on behalf of Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, has spent the past week on the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum watching private firms hired by the Senate slowly recount votes cast for president and U.S. Senate in November.