Thread by @JenAFifield

After having some time to fully digest what all went down yesterday as the Senate’s contractors began to count ballots, I wanted to try to clear a few things up.

For one, I was told multiple times by Doug Logan of Cyber Ninjas and Ken Bennett, the Senate’s liaison, that they want this audit to go well and procedures to happen correctly.

It was clear all day those two were trying their best to make it fair and accurate.

Both Bennett and Logan were kind to me throughout the day and treated me like other observers. The same cannot be said about some of the contractors in there, who would not give me their names.

We will continue to work to find out all of the parties in charge and involved.

I wanted to also try to correct some rumors on the blue pens.

The blue pens were removed from the floor before any real ballots were on the floor. When I tweeted, only test ballots were on the floor.

I wanted to give that update shortly after I first tweeted about that, but as you know I was banned from giving updates shortly after.

So I had to wait until just after my shift ended at 2, and then posted about it as soon as I could.

I was the main reporter covering when #sharpiegate happened here and did my best at the time to correct misconceptions and rumors about all of that, so I hope my word is taken on the blue pen thing. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

I have the day off today. The audit continues and I’m not sure any reporters signed up to observe in advance.

I had only signed up for one observer shift. I’m not sure if I will be doing more. Hoping that the Senate allows reporters better access, besides serving as observers.

I wanted to give a huge shout out to @andrewboxford who has been leading coverage of the Senate’s audit for a while now. Check out all he has done in the days leading up to this.

And thanks to my editors @kathytulumello and @CarrieWatters for their support throughout.