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Dear Editor: The calendar year for the Legislature is over except for an ongoing audit that perpetuates fear mongering, misinformation, and blatant accusations that cannot be proven. This beautiful state makes... […]
Visiting politicians at ‘Madhouse’ to see ‘first domino’
Delegates from roughly a dozen states have made the pilgrimage to Arizona in hopes of replicating the state Senate’s partisan election audit, but legal and political barriers will probably keep them from succeeding.
Some lawmakers want to eliminate voting machines
Some Republican lawmakers are considering long-term changes to how Arizonans’ votes are counted as the hand recount of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million ballots drags on at Veterans Memorial Coliseum more than six months after the election.
Stephen Richer prefers boring, takes on Trump
There’s a lot of unintentional irony surrounding Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.
County: Senate making ‘mockery’ of audit
Maricopa County supervisors on Monday accused Senate President Karen Fann, of allowing a "mockery'' to be made of the election process with her audit.
GOP senators keep distance from election audit
With their ongoing audit, as with all discourse about the 2020 election, almost all Senate Republicans have fallen into one of two camps: banging the drum about election fraud claims believed by huge segments of their base, or ignoring the recount a few blocks north to focus on legislation.
Senate to issue new subpoenas for election audit
Senate Republican leaders are setting the stage for a new legal fight with Maricopa County.
Reporter forced from Senate audit for photographing ex-lawmaker, indiscernible ballot
An Arizona Republic reporter had his press access for the state Senate audit revoked Friday after he tweeted a photo of former Republican lawmaker and Jan. 6 protester Anthony Kern reviewing Maricopa County 2020 ballots at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Auditors hide donors, look for secret watermarks on ballots
What the Senate election audit lacks in transparency, it makes up for in QAnon conspiracy theories.
Judge: Audit policies, procedures open to public
Arizonans are entitled to see the policies and procedures being used in the Senate's audit of the 2020 election returns, a judge has ruled.
Media to get day in court over Senate election audit
A judge on Tuesday said he has yet to be convinced that the rights of Maricopa County voters are being protected in the audit being conducted at the demand of the state Senate.
Audit attorney asks for secrecy of policies, procedures
The attorney for the private firm hired by the Senate to audit the 2020 election is trying to deny public access to the policies and procedures they are using to audit the returns.
