If you want to hear straight from Maricopa County officials their explanation for why the Senate's election audit contractors couldn't find those "deleted files" (which they have explained weren't deleted) ... listen here, starts at 1 pm
maricopa.gov/324/Board-of-S…
Maricopa Supervisor Chairman Jack Sellers starts the meeting off with some words for the Arizona Senate.

Calls the audit "a grift disguised as an audit."

"It's time to be done with this craziness," he says.
Maricopa County Recorder @stephen_richer explains that the auditors' concerns amount to a misunderstanding of elections generally and misunderstanding of the county's processes.

- Ballots were all tracked properly
- 'Missing' files weren't deleted
Both @jacksellers and @stephen_richer referring to Cyber Ninjas as "the ninjas" or "the Cyber Ninjas"
Summarized, the county's explanation for the 'missing files':

- It appears the auditors failed to properly downloaded the county's election databases, leading to them being unable to access them
- Certain election results/databases were archived before subpoenas requested them

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18 May
ICYMI: Maricopa County's supervisors are officially angry. Calling the election audit a "grift" and a "circus" and telling @FannKfann to end it.

Here's my initial story & I'm going to thread the 😳 parts of the letter azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
"The Arizona Senate is held up to ridicule in every corner of the globe."
"We cannot give you a password that we do not possess any more than we can give you the formula for Coca Cola."
Read 7 tweets
14 May
So. AZ audit packs up for the week. Workers have gone home. But two in orange shirts remain, talking to Cyber Ninjas' attorney Bryan Blehm.

Why do they have special access. I'm 👀.

(Please don't respond to this tweet naming people, that's not my intention. But this is curious.)
Hugs goodbye as they leave. One observer walks out with Blehm. #azauditpool
Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan remains with some Wake Tech employees.
Read 20 tweets
13 May
❓What election files did the county delete
❓Did the auditors use a WiFi router
❓Will Dominion give admin access to its machines
❓Will supervisors meet with senators

No clear answers yet but here's what @andrewboxford & I know, for subscribers:
azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
I've stayed relatively quiet as various statements and claims have been made in the last 24 hours because I don't want to spread misinformation.

Hoping we get some more info with documents to back it up very soon.
The 2 main questions on my mind these days:

- Why did the SOS settle in court if so many questions remain
- Will the county supervisors provide info willingly or will this go back to another subpoena/court fight
Read 4 tweets
6 May
I have many updates to share after talking to Senate Liaison Ken Bennett. Here we go ...

First update, he says they are approaching 210,000 ballots counted. #azauditpool
John Brakey said that there is an independent journalist named Steve Rosenfeld on the audit floor. Bennett confirmed that.

Asked why they had different access then the rest of the journalists, Bennett said I got to go on the floor... I pointed out that others ...
hadn't had the chance. "We allowed him to go on the floor for a few hours like we allowed other people to do in the beginning."

No other response.
Read 15 tweets
6 May
Watch here today, as I’m the pool reporter for the Arizona audit this morning!

Shift starts at 8 am but I’m late because I forgot to eat breakfast (mom probs) so stopped somewhere real quick! #azauditpool
I’m here, at what the New York Times called the ‘decrepit local coliseum’ #azauditpool
It's 8:30 am and counting has begun at 4 tables. Still getting up and running here. #azauditpool
Read 8 tweets
6 May
NEW from me & @robertanglen: Far-right groups help recruit ballot counters for Arizona audit

azcentral.com/story/news/pol… @azcentral
One recruiter is a retired police officer who works as an investigator for an extremist right-wing group that warns of "the growing threat of the Marxist and the Islamic movement in America."
Another person involved in recruitment used her brief stint as the county Republican Party chairwoman to try to "get Trump back in office" by protesting the results of one of the county's prior audits. That's Linda, mentioned here.
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