Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, a Republican, said the drawn-out review process has devolved into nothing more than "political theater." But county elected officials have chosen to defy most of her demands. The state Senate president also sent another subpoena to Maricopa County in late July, demanding records she claims are necessary to complete the election examination.
He had claimed it was the only way to explain why there were roughly 74,000 more early votes cast in the election than there were early ballots mailed to voters - though election officials were quickly able to debunk that by explaining that county voters can vote early by mail or early in person.Ĭyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan (left) and former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett discuss overseeing the 2020 election review in April at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. It appears so, though Republican state Senate President Karen Fann is considering options that could expand the scope of the review further.Ĭyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan recently recommended sending workers door to door in parts of Maricopa County to canvass voters. Here's a look at what happens next: Is the GOP-led probe really almost over? Now the company leading the review - Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based cybersecurity firm with no prior experience in elections, and that's led by a CEO who's embraced conspiracies of election fraud - is preparing a final report on its findings.
The examination in Maricopa County, which was ordered by GOP state senators, began in late April and has lasted weeks longer than anticipated.Īt the end of July, the Senate's contractors vacated the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, where they had struggled to count accurately how many ballots they had in their possession - nearly 2.1 million, according to county election officials. Republican state senators' election review in the state's most populous county has lasted weeks longer than anticipated.Ī widely criticized Republican-led review of the 2020 general election in Arizona's largest county appears to be nearing the finish line. Maricopa County, Ariz., ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined in May.
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