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@JenAFifield
May 5, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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NEW: One of the largest looming questions around Arizona's election audit is who all is involved --- and how they got involved.

We are starting to connect the dots.

Here's my story w/ @andrewoxford, for subscribers only.

And THREAD ...
azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
1. Doug Logan.

CEO of Cyber Ninjas, firm running the audit. A little history. (He says his bias doesn't matter because he won't be touching the ballots)
2. John Brakey.

A Tucson guy who says he is trying to make this audit fair and transparent by getting a seat at the table.
3. Gene Kern.

Leader of Wake Technology, the firm running the hand count. We learned more about him.

(Including Anthony Kern says Gene is unrelated)
4. Bobby Piton.

A financial adviser who claimed in November he had found voter fraud in Arizona data says he is currently reviewing Arizona voter information. We tried to nail down his actual involvement.
This story outlines more about what we know about the players involved in the Arizona election audit.

If you're not a subscriber, click the story for a $1/6 mo deal. Consider it to support our ongoing work on this. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Final thought: As part of working on this story I reached out to @BarnettforAZ because an earlier tweet of his made me wonder if he was getting some insider info on the early results of the audit. He clarified that he is not.

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Nov 7
“Why does AZ take so long to count ballots?”
“Why is FL able to do it faster?”
“Cooking the books!?” etc.

There is an actual answer. Do you want to know it?

If you really want to know the answer, so you can form an informed opinion on if you want changes, read this🧵
Multiple state laws in AZ (focused on voter convenience and security) converge to create our ballot counting timeline.

States that count faster have different laws.

Other Western states w/ similar laws take just as long to count, but no one cares.
First law, AZ allows no-excuse mail and early in person voting. 75%+ voters vote this way.

Second law, AZ allows for mail ballot drop-offs at any polling places all the way until 7 pm Election Day. 290k did this in Maricopa County in 2022.
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Oct 8
I’m watching the Maricopa County Republican and Democratic party chairs review the results of the testing they just did to make sure the county’s ballot tabulators are working properly and accurately for the November election.
Both political parties in Maricopa County just signed off on the pre-election ballot tabulator testing for November’s election, which found the machines were counting ballots 100% accurately and working properly. Image
The Logic and Accuracy testing continues with the county's test this afternoon. This morning's was the one run by the Secretary of State's Office. The parties are reviewing the results of the county's test right now:

elections.maricopa.gov/news-and-infor…
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Sep 23
I’ve been kicked out of many govt meetings in my time, but I believe the most important meeting I have ever been told to leave was last month.

I had received prior approval to attend, drove 2 hours, arranged a videographer. I knew I would be the only reporter there… 🧵
This meeting had to do w/ the 13 ballot propositions on AZ's Nov. ballot - including abortion, immigration enforcement, open primary elections…

At the meeting, they would be debating how to translate them into an audio recording for Navajo voters who don’t speak English well..
Why should you care how that is done? Here’s why I care: In AZ, the Navajo Nation is a crucial voting bloc. High turnout in 2020 helped Biden win the state. Yet ~7K voting-age AZ Navajo residents don’t speak English well.

If they were explained these propositions incorrectly...
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Jun 27
On Walter Ringfield Jr., arrested for stealing the election security key.

- He was not a Senate employee/was not interning for a certain Senator that he told a security guard he was there to see, according to Dem Senate spokesperson. That senator says he does not know him.

...
- He WAS the same person who filed a statement of interest to run for Senate as a Democrat, even though he was not qualified and registered unaffiliated. Earlier info from Recorder was incorrect.

- He was registered Democrat for a week back in Sept. 2016, otherwise unaffiliated.
- DPS said yesterday to check back today about an update as to their investigation.

- He had a status conference at 8:30 today in Maricopa court. An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Aug 30, 2023
You may have seen my post Monday about the Iowa man sentenced to prison for threatening two AZ election officials.

That man will stick with me for a while. His story gave me a deep understanding of how we ALL got here (& where we are going).

So I want to tell you, too🧵
First, though, please read this about his victims.

Maricopa County Supervisors Chairman Clint Hickman told the judge an emotional story about what the threats have done to him and his family.

Most important to me was capturing all of that, here: arizona.votebeat.org/2023/8/29/2385…
Now onto Mark Rissi, the Iowa man.

[(filing) means I got it from a court filing, (judge) means he/his lawyer told it to the judge. I’ll try to make this as quick I can.]

Weeks before he first threatened Hickman, he was with his mom in hospice… (judge)
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Jul 28, 2023
Still seeing claims that the main cause of Election Day problems in Maricopa County was shrunken ballot images (some claiming the county did this purposefully).

Once again, that is not possible..
Why? It takes a bit to explain so follow me. Ballot tabulators (the machines that scan your ballots to count your votes) are very sensitive. Even errant marks cause the tabulators to be rejected.

The image has to be perfect on the page for the tabulator to read it...
The solid rectangles on the sides of the ballot that tell the tabulators where the bubbles are for the contests so they can know what candidate you chose. If those marks are not in the precise location, straight on the paper, the tabulator rejects it. Image
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