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29 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Alright, everyone, I did it.

I wrote an entire story about the UV flashlights and what the auditors could be looking for on Maricopa County ballots.

All of the theories, unpacked, here: azcentral.com/story/news/pol… @azcentral
But also: It appears that they stopped using the UV light at some point today. Maria was the pool reporter in the afternoon.
Maria was kicked out of her approved shift early tonight. It looks like it was hopefully just a miscommunication. Well, several miscommunications, over and over and over again.
I had a few good sources on this story. One was Lisa, an official observer who had asked the workers what they were looking for. This is what she told me they said:
The other is Jeff Ellington, the CEO of @RunbeckElection, which prints the county’s ballots. He said it’s just regular paper. But just to be sure...

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28 Apr
Before I leave the coliseum, here’s a few overall observations. #azauditpool 1/?
The procedures for counting ballots seem more defined than on Friday and the counting seems to be running smoothly. #azauditpool
In this room, you can observe the ballot counting only. Somewhere else in this coliseum, auditors are examining the county’s voting machines. The media was not given access to that area, and the livestream does not show that area, either. #azauditpool
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28 Apr
Arizona audit update: After the ballots are counted at the tables, they go to an inspection table. Three people sit at the table.
(There are many unanswered questions about what they are doing. I’m only going to tweet what I am 100% confident I am seeing.) #azauditpool 1/?
The first person at the table is lining up the ballot under a Canon camera hooked onto brackets. #azauditpool
That person passes to a second person who is lining up the ballot under a device that displays a portion of the ballot onto a computer screen. One of the images displayed on the screen is a filled-in bubble, and it is magnified and examined. #azauditpool
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27 Apr
Arizona election audit update: The procedures for counting ballots have changed in at least a few ways since Friday.

One is that the counters are no longer looking at scanned images of ballots displayed on monitors before marking their tally sheets. #azauditpool 1/?
Also: Counters are reviewing ballots in smaller batches before the table monitor checks to see whether their counts match. The ballots were checked after every 100 on Friday. Now, it is less. I cannot tell how much less. #azauditpool 2/?
The counters generally do not appear to be talking to one another while a ballot is in front of them. Although, they do have masks on, so they could be talking quietly.

There is a lot less chatter in this room, overall. #azauditpool
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27 Apr
There are ~46 pallets of boxes. It appears that five pallets have been broken into and two are nearly complete. Not all of the boxes the county packed have ballots in them, according to Maricopa County Elections Department. Some had computers and other materials. #azauditpool 3/7
Counters are working at ~18 tables right now, with 3 counters at each table. It is taking about 15 seconds per ballot. But the counting is not continuous; breaks between batches. The procedures for counting the ballots have changed. More on that later #azauditpool 4/7
There are fewer observers on the floor than when I was here on Friday. There were 19 then and the most I have seen on the floor now is 14. I’ll try to update later if that changes. #azauditpool 5/7
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24 Apr
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.
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23 Apr
Arizona audit update: Follow me here today. I am signed up to be a volunteer observer for the first 6-hour shift of the hand count.

My shift is supposed to start at 8 a.m.
I'm not sure how this will go.

For one: The rules are changing rapidly.

At first, I was told that I wouldn't be able to record anything, but the observers would be able to take notes. Then, they said no note taking allowed.
Think about trying to be somewhere for 6 hours, observe what is happening, and then write it down later.

Human brains forget very quickly. Even trained ones (journalists).

Would it be worth it?
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