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.
Read More »Senate threatens lawsuit if Maricopa County balks at potential subpoenas
Senate says lawmakers not subject to public record laws
Senate President Karen Fann is taking the position that Arizona courts cannot force her or any other member of the Arizona Legislature to comply with the state's Public Records Act.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Death threats, harassment plague Hobbs, staff 
Hobbs this month requested protection from the Department of Public Safety for the second time since the election.
Read More »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.
Read More »Senate won’t pursue more subpoenas – for now
Senate Republican leaders are not going to subpoena Maricopa County supervisors, at least for the time being in the ongoing battle over information they want to conduct their audit of the 2020 general election.
Read More »Former staffer: Bennett’s role in audit uncharacteristic
During his tenure as Arizona secretary of state, Bennett made it through relatively unscathed and without scandals or controversies – save for one that drew national attention.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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