Just got to my home away from home, which has now been described in national media as not just ‘decrepit’ but also ‘suburban’ ‘aging’ and a ‘basketball arena.’

I’ll tweet today as they move the ballots back in here from a storage building. Graduations are over. #azauditpool
Here’s the building that has stored the ballots and machines for the last nine days. Watch the inside of this building and the coliseum at a audit.org
The most important news today is that the CNN videographer just mistook me for a broadcast reporter. And to that I say
If you want to catch up what happened with the Arizona election audit during the week-long break, here’s some must reads:

Wake Technology Services audited a Pennsylvania election as part of the #StopTheSteal movement, via @jeremyduda azmirror.com/2021/05/21/wak…
.@SecretaryHobbs’ office, on recommendations from DHS, may not let Maricopa County reuse its vote-counting machines azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
What does our governor @dougducey have to say about the audit? Not much. Via @andrewboxford azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
New today: 'Fighting for democracy here': Election audit pits Maricopa County Republicans vs. Arizona GOP senators, via @yvonnewingett azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Was supposed to say azaudit.org stupid autocorrect
And from me and @robertanglen: As Arizona election audit resumes, who is recruiting ballot counters? Patrick Byrne, former Overstock CEO and Trump supporter who created nonprofit to fundraise for audit azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

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23 May
New: Being told this morning that Ken Bennett will no longer be handing media for Arizona election audit. Instead, Senators @FannKfann and @warrenpetersen, who have typically not been inside the coliseum and taking procedural questions. #azauditpool
...
This morning @KyungLahCNN and her team were given a phone number by the security lead we refer to as Cowboy Hat Andy because he won’t give us his name. Told that’s the new media number.

Yet in typical audit fashion when I called Ken Bennett about this...
Bennett answered his phone this morning and told me he had not heard about this new setup.

Then I called the number I was given and Randy Pullen, former AZ GOP chair who has been involved in the audit, answered. Pullen...
Read 20 tweets
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
17 May
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
Read 5 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.
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