Thread by @JenAFifield

There's a plan in Arizona to recount the 2.1M ballots cast in Maricopa County in Nov's election.

We had several nonpartisan election auditing experts study the Senate's plan. They are very concerned. Here's why, from @andrewboxford & I.

(A THREAD) azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

They say there's a lack of transparency. Usually during hand counts, political party appointees can observer and counting boards are bipartisan, election experts say that’s to ensure transparency & fairness.

Not in this one. This is all the contract says.

The audit is rushed, which will lead to sloppy work, they say. 20 days to recount 2.1M ballots. $150k total. Other audits of this size have taken months and cost millions.

In a previous story we wrote about how the CEO of the company overseeing the audit perpetuated claims that the election was stolen from Donald Trump. The CEO says that doesn't matter and this audit will be fair.

But the consultants are still very concerned.

The methodology in the report for verifying voting and voters is faulty, according to election consultants.

Such as: Going door-to-door to ask people whether they voted. The problem: People lie.

This story looks at how a biased election audit here has the potential to change how voting happens here and across the country.

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azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

Thanks to the following consultants for weighing in: @aztammyp @HarriHursti @beckerdavidj @votinggeek.