Thread by @weareoversight

The Arizona Senate is conducting a partisan audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County and it hired the firm Cyber Ninjas to conduct the audit. Our concerns about the transparency of the audit keep growing. #azleg

The Cyber Ninjas firm has refused to provide details about who is involved in the audit and who is paying for it beyond Arizona taxpayers. @JenAFifield from @azcentral reported that many audit procedures were seemingly finalized on the fly last Friday.
azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

This audit has lacked transparency from the very beginning. Arizona Senate President Karen Fann announced last month that the audit would be led by Cyber Ninjas with no oversight by members of the Senate.

This is especially concerning because Cyber Ninjas appears to have no relevant experience to conduct the audit. Correspondence between the State Senate and Maricopa County suggest that the firm has little background in Arizona law or Arizona election administration.

We’re also concerned because Cyber Ninjas’s founder has repeatedly circulated lies that the 2020 election was rigged and vocally supported the “Stop the Steal” movement, as the @ArizonaMirror reported.
azmirror.com/2021/03/31/ari…

Overall, the state Senate’s audit of Maricopa County votes is yet another official action that is purportedly about election “integrity” but in reality serves a narrow political agenda: in this case, the continuation of the “big lie” that the election was stolen.

Transparency is vital and that’s why we launched a full investigation into the Maricopa County audit earlier this month. Learn more about how we’re using public records requests to shed light on the audit here:
americanoversight.org/american-overs…