Maricopa County celebrates Cyber Ninjas audit admitting that Joe Biden did, in fact, win
3 years, 3 months ago

Maricopa County celebrates Cyber Ninjas audit admitting that Joe Biden did, in fact, win

Raw Story  

Maricopa County celebrated on Thursday evening after claiming vindication in the controversial audit of the 2020 election in Arizona's largest county. "A monthslong hand recount of Maricopa County's 2020 vote confirmed that President Joe Biden won and the election was not "stolen" from former President Donald Trump, according to early versions of a report prepared for the Arizona Senate," The Arizona Republicreported Thursday evening, one day before the findings were scheduled to be released. "The three-volume report by the Cyber Ninjas, the Senate's lead contractor, includes results that show Trump lost by a wider margin than the county's official election results," the newspaper noted. The county announced the findings on Twitter, but warned that the 110-page report "is also littered with errors & faulty conclusions about how Maricopa County conducted the 2020 General Election."

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Arizona ballots damaged after USPS collection box set ablaze in Dem-leaning county: report
2 months ago

Arizona ballots damaged after USPS collection box set ablaze in Dem-leaning county: report

Raw Story  

Arizona law enforcement officials are conducting an arson investigation after election ballots were damaged when a USPS mail collection box was burned in Maricopa County, a Democratic stronghold. ABC 15 reported that crews responded to the USPS Osborn Station around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday and found a mail collection box on fire. "Approximately 20 electoral ballots were damaged, along with …

Arizona county canvass starts recount process in tight Democratic primary in US House race
4 months, 1 week ago

Arizona county canvass starts recount process in tight Democratic primary in US House race

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s most populous county certified its primary election results Monday, setting in motion a recount for the Democratic nomination in an open congressional district where 42 votes separate the top contenders. This year, the certification of primary election results largely has gone smoothly across Arizona, with the majority of the state’s 15 counties approving the results without issue. …

Stephen Richer, a Republican who actually defended election integrity in Arizona, loses primary race
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Stephen Richer, a Republican who actually defended election integrity in Arizona, loses primary race

Salon  

A GOP official known for his persistent defense of free and fair elections lost his primary election in Arizona on Tuesday, NBC News reported. Incumbent Stephen Richer lost his re-election bid for Maricopa County recorder to State Rep. Justin Heap, a right-wing challenger who called Maricopa County elections a “laughing stock,” according to the Arizona Mirror. When asked how confident …

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again

NPR  

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images PHOENIX — Maricopa County in Arizona — home to nearly 60% of the voting population in the swing state — will once again be in the spotlight come this fall’s general election. toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images …

Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and …

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud
1 year, 10 months ago

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by election …

Report blows the lid off Trump’s influence on controversial Arizona election 'audit'
1 year, 10 months ago

Report blows the lid off Trump’s influence on controversial Arizona election 'audit'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump was mostly silent about Maricopa County's 2020 election audit, but his influence over the process was much more prominent than it seemed, The Arizona Republic reports. Records uncovered by the AZ Republic show Trump received direct updates from audit workers at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, with his allies pressuring the lead contractor "on when to …

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — When the Republican candidate for Arizona governor accused the state’s most populous county of “slow-rolling” the vote count to skew early election results, a local official fired back. He called the allegations “irrelevant” and an “incredible distraction.” A record 290,000 of those ballots were dropped off at the county’s 223 vote centers on Election Day and are now …

How Maricopa County defeated election disinformation — for now
2 years, 1 month ago

How Maricopa County defeated election disinformation — for now

NPR  

How Maricopa County defeated election disinformation — for now Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP PHOENIX — Maricopa County Chairman Bill Gates is the first to tell you he's in a bizarre position. "The reason that it takes several days to have all of the votes counted here is due in part to the mail-in …

"Here we go again": Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems
2 years, 1 month ago

"Here we go again": Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems

Salon  

Maricopa County officials said Tuesday that around 20 percent of their 223 voting sites experienced issues with tabulation machines, prompting a surge of false voter fraud claims from former President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans. "We've got about 20 percent of the locations out there where there's an issue with the tabulator where some of the ballots, after people have …

Maricopa County election machine issues spark failed GOP lawsuit, conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

Maricopa County election machine issues spark failed GOP lawsuit, conspiracy theories

LA Times  

Trouble with tabulation machines at 20% of the polling centers in Arizona’s Maricopa County generated criticism on social media, but a spokesperson for the state’s elections department said the problem was minor. Trump released a video message to Arizona voters and made several posts on Truth Social on Tuesday afternoon, alleging that the situation in Maricopa County was a “complete …

Arizona GOP candidates appeal ruling against hand counts
2 years, 3 months ago

Arizona GOP candidates appeal ruling against hand counts

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s ruling that threw out a lawsuit they filed seeking to require the hand-counting of ballots in November’s election. Named in the lawsuit is Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the state’s top election official and the Democratic candidate for governor, and the majority …

Video fills in details on alleged Ga. election system breach
2 years, 3 months ago

Video fills in details on alleged Ga. election system breach

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. Security footage from two weeks later raises additional alarms — showing two people who were instrumental in Trump’s wider efforts to undermine the election results …

Judge declines to require hand count of Arizona ballots
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge declines to require hand count of Arizona ballots

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge refused Friday to require that Arizona officials count ballots by hand in November, dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Republican nominees for governor and secretary of state based on false claims of problems with vote-counting machines. They relied in part on testimony from Donald Trump supporters who led a discredited review of the election in …

Arizona official refutes review that counted 282 dead voters
2 years, 4 months ago

Arizona official refutes review that counted 282 dead voters

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of the 2020 election that alleged 282 ballots were cast in the name of someone who had died. “Our agents investigated all individuals that Cyber Ninjas reported as dead, and many were very surprised to learn …

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
2 years, 4 months ago

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona

NPR  

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images For the last two years, Arizona has been a hive of election denialism. State Senate Republicans spearheaded a deeply flawed review of the 2020 vote in Arizona's largest county, keeping Maricopa County in the …

Maricopa GOP leaders call out Arizona attorney general for stolen election lies
2 years, 7 months ago

Maricopa GOP leaders call out Arizona attorney general for stolen election lies

Raw Story  

Unlike many Republican candidates who are mimicking Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, or who initially rejected Trump’s claims but are now flirting with conspiracy theorists, Maricopa County’s top elected Republicans have lambasted Arizona’s attorney general, Republican Mark Brnovich, for lying about the 2020 election. “All branches of government in this state must come together to …

Election officials rebut Arizona ballot review claims
2 years, 11 months ago

Election officials rebut Arizona ballot review claims

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Election officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday presented a point-by-point rebuttal of claims made in a partisan review of the 2020 election that former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters have used to promote the myth that Trump lost because of fraud. Election administrators and the mostly Republican leaders of Maricopa County have always …

Trump threatens to withhold future support for GOP: "Republicans will not be voting in '22 or '24"
3 years, 2 months ago

Trump threatens to withhold future support for GOP: "Republicans will not be voting in '22 or '24"

Salon  

Donald Trump, who has insistently pushed the baseless notion that the 2020 election was marred by sweeping election fraud, appears to be dissuading his supporters from voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections if the GOP fails to "solve" the apparent fraud. "If we don't solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020, Republicans will not be voting in '22 or …

How the Cyber Ninjas ended up delivering what Republicans really wanted in Arizona
3 years, 2 months ago

How the Cyber Ninjas ended up delivering what Republicans really wanted in Arizona

Raw Story  

The election audit contract that Arizona's state Senate leaders signed with the Cyber Ninjas in March 2021 never specified that the pro-Trump firm would produce a report that included a definitive recount of the votes in 2020's presidential race. The document containing the most detailed data, "Arizona Senate Maricopa County Election Audit: Machine Paper Ballot Count Report," was prepared by …

GOP review finds no proof Arizona election stolen from Trump
3 years, 2 months ago

GOP review finds no proof Arizona election stolen from Trump

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A Republican-backed review of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona’s largest county ended Friday without producing proof to support former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election. “We haven’t learned anything new,” said Matt Masterson, a top U.S. election security official in the Trump administration. “Unfortunately, the report is also littered with errors & faulty conclusions …

Fox News calls Arizona for Joe Biden again -- right as Trump sends out angry attack on 'fake news'
3 years, 3 months ago

Fox News calls Arizona for Joe Biden again -- right as Trump sends out angry attack on 'fake news'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump repeatedly blasted out statements on the Arizona audit after the Cyber Ninjas announced that he had not only lost Maricopa County, but lost by an even larger margin than was announced in November. Fox News reporter Bret Baier said the audit "confirms that President Biden's win in the county and the state was, in fact, a …

‘Intentionally misleading or staggeringly ignorant’: Maricopa County destroys Cyber Ninjas after ‘laughable’ audit
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Intentionally misleading or staggeringly ignorant’: Maricopa County destroys Cyber Ninjas after ‘laughable’ audit

Raw Story  

Maricopa County officials Friday afternoon responded in detail to claims made by Cyber Ninjas in the $6 million six month "audit" of the Arizona county's ballots from the 2020 presidential election. Late Thursday night multiple news organizations reported that Cyber Ninjas' audit, officially released Friday afternoon, found Joe Biden did win the election in Arizona, as originally reported nearly one …

Trump's hope for audit to distract from subpoenas dashed as Cyber Ninjas find he's an even bigger loser: report
3 years, 3 months ago

Trump's hope for audit to distract from subpoenas dashed as Cyber Ninjas find he's an even bigger loser: report

Raw Story  

Unable to post his thoughts to Twitter after being banned for his "Big Lie" of election fraud that incited the January 6th insurrection, Donald Trump repeatedly emailed out his thoughts on Thursday evening after some of his top aides were subpoenaed. "The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed former White House Chief of …

The Discredited GOP Election Review In Arizona's Largest County Also Finds Biden Won
3 years, 3 months ago

The Discredited GOP Election Review In Arizona's Largest County Also Finds Biden Won

NPR  

The Discredited GOP Election Review In Arizona's Largest County Also Finds Biden Won Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP A widely discredited GOP-led review of the 2020 election in Arizona's largest county has concluded that President Biden did indeed receive more votes there than former President Donald Trump. "That is a true statement," Republican state …

Republican review of 2020 Arizona vote expected to show Biden won
3 years, 3 months ago

Republican review of 2020 Arizona vote expected to show Biden won

Al Jazeera  

Trump has claimed fraud in the election in Arizona, a key swing state that helped Biden gain the White House. A leaked draft version of the report alleges Arizona’s largest voting district – Maricopa County – failed to comply with state statutes and election procedures, according to local news and wire service reports. “Interesting that the Unselect Committee of political …

Republican-Led Election Review In Arizona Determines Biden Did Indeed Win
3 years, 3 months ago

Republican-Led Election Review In Arizona Determines Biden Did Indeed Win

NPR  

Republican-Led Election Review In Arizona Determines Biden Did Indeed Win A widely discredited Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Arizona's biggest county has determined that Joe Biden indeed got more votes there than Donald Trump. LEILA FADEL, HOST: A widely discredited Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Arizona's biggest county has determined that Joe Biden indeed got more …

Buckle up: Arizona Republicans to show 2020 recount results
3 years, 3 months ago

Buckle up: Arizona Republicans to show 2020 recount results

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Donald Trump supporters hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to review the 2020 vote count are preparing to deliver their findings on Friday, the climax of a bizarre quest to find evidence supporting the former president’s false claim that he lost because of fraud. The unprecedented partisan review — focused on the vote count in Arizona’s largest county, Maricopa …

County cuts deal to end fight over Arizona Senate subpoena
3 years, 3 months ago

County cuts deal to end fight over Arizona Senate subpoena

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Board members overseeing Arizona’s most populous county reached an agreement Friday evening with the Republican-controlled state Senate that will end a standoff over a Senate demand that they hand over computer routers for use in an unprecedented partisan election review. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced that a special master will take questions from the Senate’s election …

Lawyer: Arizona Senate’s 2020 election review out next week
3 years, 3 months ago

Lawyer: Arizona Senate’s 2020 election review out next week

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An attorney representing the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate told a judge Thursday that the long-delayed review of 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county will be released next week. “I haven’t even seen the whole report,” Fann said “I’ve been able to see some bits and pieces and mostly that was just in conversations.” When pressed by …

What’s wrong with Arizona’s 2020 audit? A lot, experts say
3 years, 4 months ago

What’s wrong with Arizona’s 2020 audit? A lot, experts say

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona’s largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers. Republicans in the state Senate launched the review of the county ballots in April in an effort to find irregularities that could support former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications
3 years, 4 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers backed off their allegation that the state’s most populous county had destroyed its 2020 election database. A look at his remarks in Phoenix: TRUMP: “Unbelievably, the auditors have testified that the master database for the election management system, I’m sorry to tell you, has been deleted. Board Chairman Jack …

Arizona audit of 2020 election hits hand-count milestone
3 years, 6 months ago

Arizona audit of 2020 election hits hand-count milestone

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A Republican-led hand recount of ballots cast in Arizona’s most populous county hit a major milestone Monday when counters finished tallying all the regular ballots cast in November’s presidential and U.S. Senate election, the Arizona Senate’s liaison said. The GOP-led Senate ordered the audit after backers of President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that fraud led to his …

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S.
3 years, 6 months ago

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S.

NPR  

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt York/AP Matt York/AP Republicans from a growing number of states are traveling to Maricopa County in Arizona to witness a controversial election review ordered by GOP leaders in the state Senate, a sign that similar probes may be sought elsewhere across the …

Little-known firm runs Arizona audit of presidential election results
3 years, 7 months ago

Little-known firm runs Arizona audit of presidential election results

LA Times  

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted May 6 by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. In early March, a Boston-based vote-counting firm called Clear Ballot Group sent a bid to Arizona’s state Senate to audit the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County. Senate President Karen …

Arizona Senate Republicans sign lease to continue vote audit
3 years, 7 months ago

Arizona Senate Republicans sign lease to continue vote audit

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republicans in the Arizona Senate have signed a lease to continue their slow-moving audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County through the end of June. “No company should be compelled to participate in such an irresponsible act.” Fann’s letter also questions the county’s records that document the chain of custody of the ballots and accuses county …

Arizona audit of 2020 votes has ‘QAnon problem’: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Arizona audit of 2020 votes has ‘QAnon problem’: Report

Al Jazeera  

Media watchdog says two QAnon adherents may be influencing controversial audit behind the scenes. Arizona’s audit of the ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election could have a “QAnon problem”, according to watchdog organisaton Media Matters. According to the Media Matters report, authored by Olivia Little, “it appears the evidence underpinning that effort and much of the work to generate …

Arizona GOP State Senator Now Regrets Recount: 'It Makes Us Look Like Idiots'
3 years, 7 months ago

Arizona GOP State Senator Now Regrets Recount: 'It Makes Us Look Like Idiots'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Arizona state senator who initially backed the controversial recount of November votes in Maricopa County now says he regrets his support of the “ridiculous” operation. “It makes us look like idiots,” state Sen. Paul Boyer of suburban Phoenix told The New York Times in an article published Sunday. The private company hired by the Senate, Cyber …

Inside Arizona’s election audit, Republican fraud fantasies live on
3 years, 7 months ago

Inside Arizona’s election audit, Republican fraud fantasies live on

LA Times  

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contract workers in Phoenix. This is Arizona’s extraordinary, partisan audit of the 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county — ground zero for former President Trump and a legion of his supporters who have refused to accept his loss in Arizona or in other …

US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount
3 years, 7 months ago

US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The U.S. Department of Justice expressed concern Wednesday about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate’s unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County. In a letter to GOP Senate President Karen Fann, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said the Senate’s farming out of 2.1 …

Months after Biden win, Arizona officials still face threats
3 years, 10 months ago

Months after Biden win, Arizona officials still face threats

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — For months, the four elected Republicans and one Democrat on the board overseeing Arizona’s most populous county have been facing threats and harassment for backing election results that saw Democrat Joe Biden win in the state. “I’m talking now because they’re doing it to a state senator who had no idea what he was probably stepping into,” Hickman …

Arizona’s largest county certifies Biden win over Trump
4 years, 1 month ago

Arizona’s largest county certifies Biden win over Trump

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The elected leaders of Arizona’s most populous county certified election results Friday that showed Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential race and set the stage for state leaders to certify results once one holdout county follows suit next week. The five-member Maricopa County Board of Supervisors acted after lawsuits backed by the Republican Party and others supporting President …

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