AZ Secretary of State: Report on the Partisan Review of the 2020 General Election in Maricopa County

[Nevilledog]

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Secretary Katie Hobbs
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The partisan ballot review of the 2020 General Election was plagued with security lapses, delays, disorganization, and lack of transparency.

Here is an analysis of the deeply flawed, highly politicized sham audit. Full report here: https://azsos.gov/node/1310
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2:46 PM · Aug 19, 2021

https://azsos.gov/node/1310

Executive Summary

The 2020 General Election was unlike any election previously seen in the United States. Despite setbacks posed by a global pandemic, the unprecedented domestic and foreign spread of mis- and disinformation, and historic voter turnout, election officials across the nation rose to the occasion and administered a safe, secure, and accurate election. Historically, established election best practices have provided confidence and instilled faith that election officials were acting with integrity and fairness.

In Arizona, several pre- and post-election tests are undertaken in order to ensure the integrity of the election. These include the required logic and accuracy tests of election equipment both before and after the election, as well as the post-election hand count audits, which were completed with no evidence of discrepancies or widespread fraud. Additionally, Maricopa County election officials completed a separate forensic audit, which further confirmed that there was no systemic fraud. In fact, Arizona’s results were canvassed, certified, litigated, and audited with no evidence of systemic fraud or interference.

Despite the overwhelming evidence of a secure election and a complete lack of evidence to support claims of systemic fraud, there are those at the national, state, and local levels who dismiss the validity of these tests and refuse to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Instead, they offer outlandish, unsubstantiated theories of fraud, perpetuating disinformation that continues to simultaneously undermine the results of a free and fair election and erode public confidence in the democratic process.

Embracing these conspiracy theories, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann pursued further review of the election in Maricopa County. Despite frequent references to this review as an audit, the exercise undertaken by the Arizona Senate’s Florida-based contractor, Cyber Ninjas, fails to meet industry standards for any credible audit, much less for an election audit. The Senate’s contractors demonstrated a lack of understanding of election processes and procedures both at a state and county level. This exercise is more accurately described as a partisan review of the 2020 General Election ballots in Maricopa County, the results of which are invalid and unreliable for a number of reasons, which are outlined in this report.

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[hedda_foil]

1. Did Cyber Ninjas ever release a report?

[Champp]

3. They are waiting on TFG, and he's waiting on Pooty Poot

to determine how best the AZ Repukes can further poison the political climate.

[Nevilledog]

4. Supposed to be released Monday.

[C_U_L8R]

2. These election insurrectionists should be prosecuted.

This 'audit' nonsense is so corrupt. It's clear they're trying to interfere with and overturn a valid election. They should no go unpunished.

[brooklynite]

5. So, we'll put her down as a "maybe"?

[Tomconroy]

6. Right wing sites are saying the preliminary ninja

Report will be handed over tomorrow to select state senators for their review.

[crickets]

7. K&R for visibility.