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Arizona PBS May 20, 2021 Some of the record-setting number of early ballots received by the Maricopa County Elections Department in this October file photo. Elections officials insist the election was secure and that several audits prove it, but that has not stopped the state Senate from ordering another, controversial private audit. (Photo courtesy Maricopa County Elections Department) WASHINGTON – Maricopa County’s chief information security officer said the county was able to handle cyberthreats to the 2020 elections, but handling public perception of the results in the face of rampant social media misinformation has been more of a challenge. “We all saw in 2020 that the vast majority of what was communicated through media, social and traditional, just frankly wasn’t true, but it led itself toward giving the sense that there was fraud,” said Lester Godsey, the county CIO. “But there’s no evidence of that across the board.”

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