U.S. Justice Department outlines concerns about Arizona election audit
The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said the Senate’s audit of 2.1 million ballots from Maricopa County to a contractor may run afoul of federal law.
Democrats and Arizona State Senate reach deal amid ongoing concerns over controversial ballot audit
The Senate and its contractor, Florida-based Cyber Ninjas, are now required to follow state laws around ballot privacy, in addition to allowing observers inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where the audit is taking place.
Arizona elections chief criticizes policies used in Maricopa County ballot recount
Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sent a letter urging the Senate president to adopt strict guidelines to ensure the results of the 2020 election audit could be trusted.
Cyber Ninjas officials release policies amid controversial Maricopa County election audit
As the controversial audit of ballots cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 election continues, there are ongoing calls for greater transparency of the auditing process.
Judge rules Arizona ballot recount cannot be private; audit to continue uninterrupted
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin also declined to extend a previous judge’s order that auditors hired by the Arizona Senate comply with state voter privacy laws.
Maricopa County election audit lawyer says results won't be 'changing anyone’s vote'
Attorneys representing the Maricopa County election audit say no one's vote is going to change because of this audit. "Joe Biden’s going to be the president at the end of this audit. Mark Kelly’s going to be the Senator at the end of this audit."
Maricopa County Board to Senate: Find another spot to recount ballots
The board has never indicated it would let the Senate use its vote count center, but Senate President Karen Fann repeatedly suggested she wanted to use the facility.
Arizona attorney general rejects call for probe of Maricopa County 2020 election audit
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich will not be investigating possible irregularities in the Arizona Senate's audit of Maricopa County ballots in the 2020 election.
Cyber Ninjas firm recounting Arizona election ballots wants methods kept secret
A contractor hired by Arizona’s state Senate to oversee the recount of 2.1 million ballots from November’s election in the county that includes the metro Phoenix area wants a judge to keep secret its methods for ensuring ballot privacy.
Maricopa County Judge recuses himself from 2020 election audit proceeding
A Maricopa County Judge recused himself from Monday's legal proceeding looking into Arizona's 2020 election audit.
Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP
The Arizona Senate used its subpoena power to take possession of all 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County in an audit of the 2020 election.
Democrats won’t put up $1M to pause Arizona election audit
An Arizona judge cited deep concerns about ballot secrecy 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.
Judge orders temporary pause on Arizona Senate Republicans' 2020 election audit at State Fairgrounds
All of Maricopa County's 2.1 million ballots cast in the election will be re-counted by hand in this audit of the 2020 election results.
Arizona Senate will conduct election audit at state fairgrounds
The Senate will use the former Phoenix Suns arena to store election equipment and 2.1 million 2020 ballots.
CEO of firm hired by Arizona Senate Republicans for ballot recount appeared to make political posts
The CEO of a company hired by Republicans in the Arizona State Senate to recount Maricopa County ballots during the November 2020 election reportedly made posts that were sympathetic to election-related conspiracies on social media.
Arizona Democrats call recount of Maricopa County ballots a 'charade'
Democrats lashed out at Republicans who control the Arizona Senate for their plan to do a complete hand recount of 2.1 million ballots in the state’s most populous county, calling the effort a "charade" to keep backers of former President Donald Trump fired up and undermine the integrity of the state's elections.
Arizona State Senate to hand-count 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots
State Senate Republicans in Arizona announced on March 18 that they now want to completely recount 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County to ensure that President Biden's victory in November was legitimate.
Judge: Arizona GOP must pay $18K in groundless election suit
The judge wrote the GOP had in effect acknowledged it brought the lawsuit for an improper purpose when it said the suit was motivated by public mistrust after the election.
Arizona Senate working to set up Maricopa County election audit
Senate Republicans want to audit the ballots to try to show whether there were problems with the 2020 election in Maricopa County.
Arizona State Senate has no space for ballots it got after court battle against Maricopa County
The Arizona State Senate apparently does not know what to do with 2.1 million voted ballots, after they spent more than two months fighting to enforce a subpoena seeking access to them.