Last winter, Fulton County, Penn., carried out “audits” of its election results, becoming a testing ground for an effort that spread to other states. This week, county officials were ordered to begin releasing "audit" records in response to our records requests. #FoiaFriday
Fulton’s “audits” in Dec. 2020 and Feb. 2021, backed by pro-Trump Sen. Doug Mastriano and others, were conducted by the company Wake TSI — which worked as a contractor to a nonprofit operated by Sidney Powell, who represented Trump in election challenges.
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A few months later, Wake TSI joined the “audit” team in Arizona led by Cyber Ninjas, where it was in charge of counting ballots cast in Maricopa County.
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In July, Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of state decertified voting machines in Fulton County after Wake TSI conducted the partisan ballot review.
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That month, we sent public records requests to Fulton County to shed light on the review process.
We asked Fulton County’s technology director for communications regarding the county’s inspection of election equipment.
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We asked the Fulton County elections director and the Board of Commissioners for communications with external entities, including Powell, Mastriano, and figures linked to audit efforts or election challenges in Arizona and across the country.
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After Fulton County refused to release the records, we filed an administrative appeal. This week, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records completely rejected the county’s arguments and ordered the county to release the records to us within 30 days.
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We have been investigating efforts in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, & other states to promote false claims of election fraud, advance new voting restrictions, & undermine faith in democratic institutions. Read more here:
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