The Senate is sitting on millions of dollars as it outsources election audit funding to pro-Trump groups
A box of Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are delivered to be examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate Photo by Rob Schumacher | Arizona Republic/pool
Private groups are raising outside money to help the Arizona Senate pay for its election audit, and it turns out there’s an entity with several million dollars to spare that they could turn to the Arizona Senate.
Senate President Karen Fann’s contract with Florida-based cybersecurity firm Cyber Ninjas to oversee and conduct the audit is for $150,000, a figure that she says she knew at the time would be insufficient to cover the costs. Since then, private fundraising efforts have cropped up to cover the difference, including by people and organizations that have been vocal promoters of bogus election fraud conspir
A reporter observing the Arizona state Senate’s recount of the 2020 election was removed after tweeting a photo of a former Republican lawmaker counting ballots.The Arizona Republic’s Ryan Randazzo posted a picture of former state Rep. Anthony Kern seated at tables where workers are examining the nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County last fall.
Maricopa County election officials will begin delivering vote-counting machines and 2.1 million ballots from the 2020 General Election to the Arizona fairgrounds on Wednesday morning.The delivery fulfills a months-old subpoena by state Senate Republicans, who in December demanded access to the county’s voting materials to conduct yet another audit of the election.
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