

These include missing or unmatched signatures on ballot affidavits, missing serial numbers, common user names or passwords used to log in to the election management system.

"We did find several areas where election laws and procedures or may have been violated. We should embrace it and welcome it," said Bennett. Bennett said that while the recount showed that Biden actually picked up some votes, there remain unresolved issues involving voter registration, mail-in ballots and computer security. They called former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who served as a go-between Senate Republicans and the contractors they hired to review the ballot count, election machines and computer software, to testify.
MARICOPA COUNTY AUDIT FINDINGS FULL
Republican committee members, meanwhile, worked to show the review conducted for the GOP-controlled Arizona Senate found significant issues with how the election in the county that includes Phoenix was conducted and said it should be common practice to conduct full election audits. Significant issues in Maricopa County election, GOP says Everyone fielded questions about the recently revealed results. That included liaison Ken Bennett, audit critics from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Bill Gates and chairman Jack Sellers, and some election experts. The committee invited multiple people involved with the audit to present in front of Congress Thursday morning. "I never could have imagined that I would be doing that work here in the United States of America." "As a Republican who believes in democracy, I dreamed of one day going to a nation that was trying to build a democracy and help them out," Gates said. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.Gates and board Chairman Jack Sellers have been pushing back all year against fellow Republicans in the Arizona Senate who issued subpoenas and fought court battles to allow contractors they hired to review the certified election results.īoth said the election in the state’s most populous county was free, fair and accurate, and that they remain baffled that fellow Republicans were willing to risk trust in elections because Trump raised unfounded claims of election fraud. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here.
