I'm the #azauditpool reporter this morning. I just got many updates from Ken Bennett and Randy Pullen. Here's the latest on the Arizona election audit:
As of Saturday, they say they counted half of the county's 2.1 million ballots.
There will be a third shift of counting for the first time tonight, from 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. There will be fewer volunteers for this shift than the others.
There will be a third shift of counting for the first time tonight, from 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. There will be fewer volunteers for this shift than the others.
They say that yesterday, on Memorial Day, they counted the most number of ballots they have ever counted in a day.
When I asked how many, they said they wouldn't tell me ... That's "confidential information" for the contractors.
I pressed them on this...
When I asked how many, they said they wouldn't tell me ... That's "confidential information" for the contractors.
I pressed them on this...
Why can't you share the number of ballots counted per day?
Bennett said: "Every time we share a number somebody is backing into that number to figure out how many more days it's going to take..."
(Before the audit began when we were told we would get daily updates.)
Bennett said: "Every time we share a number somebody is backing into that number to figure out how many more days it's going to take..."
(Before the audit began when we were told we would get daily updates.)
I asked if the contract with Ray Lutz/Citizens Oversight for the digital recount of ballots was finalized.
Bennett said that is still under negotiations.
Lutz had told me this work would be separate from Cyber Ninjas' contract, but Bennett said that part is under negotiations.
Bennett said that is still under negotiations.
Lutz had told me this work would be separate from Cyber Ninjas' contract, but Bennett said that part is under negotiations.
Bennett was adamant that no one call this a "second audit." Insisted that the digital "tabulation" was part of this audit.
But Lutz was clear he wanted no part of this contract, Cyber Ninjas & the multiple anonymous Republican funders. Wants to contract directly with the Senate.
But Lutz was clear he wanted no part of this contract, Cyber Ninjas & the multiple anonymous Republican funders. Wants to contract directly with the Senate.
Was told that there would be interviews available tomorrow in the press box with these visiting lawmakers from Pennsylvania.
https://twitter.com/ArizonaAudit/status/1399785556083503105?s=20
A note: Mastriano was the lawmaker that @jeremyduda mentioned in this article. He pushed for the partisan audit in PA that Wake TSI conducted. azmirror.com/2021/05/21/wak…
Handing over the reins to @AlexaCorse who is your pool reporter starting at 2 p.m.!
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