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Trump backers give $5.6M for Senate audit
Groups linked to Donald Trump and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election have put more than $5.6 million into the audit run by a man who himself has touted some of the same rhetoric.
Election audit overshadows work in Senate
In some ways, the most important event of the 2021 legislative session didn’t even happen at the Capitol.
Senate threatens lawsuit if Maricopa County balks at potential subpoenas
A plan to contact voters at their doors, which Fann nixed after the U.S. Department of Justice warned it could constitute voter intimidation, could be back on the table after the Senate’s contracted auditors insisted they need door-to-door canvassing to verify results.
Fann threatens Maricopa County with more subpoenas
Senate President Karen Fann said lawmakers may have to take new steps -- including new subpoenas and possibly going back to court -- to get information that Maricopa County election officials are refusing to provide about their ballots and equipment.
Hobbs threatens more litigation over Senate audit
The state's top election officials is threatening to go to court unless the procedures being used by the Senate in its special ballot audit are changed.
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.
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.
Fann passes on experienced auditor, picks cheapest
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann passed up an opportunity to hire an experienced auditing company to conduct its ballot review, opting instead for a company without experience and whose founder has said he believes President Joe Biden stole the election.
Dem lawyers say election audit could violate laws
A group of Arizona lawyers sent Senate president Karen Fann and her team of election auditors a warning that their plans to knock on voters’ doors violate a bevy of state and federal laws — including one passed because of the Ku Klux Klan.
