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12 Jul, 12 tweets, 4 min read
Great moments in election auditing history🧵👇
That time we first heard our ballots could be made of bamboo:
That time the lazy susan used to count ballots should have been a little lazier:
That time the reporter who discovered blue pens got banned from giving more updates:
That time the reporter who discovered a Jan. 6 participant reviewing ballots got kicked out of the Coliseum:
That time the reporter who discovered lax security at the audit site got blamed for it:
That time we heard about the "secret lab in Montana":
That time they thought we deleted files they just couldn't find:
That time they decided to do a recount of the recount of the recount...:
That time two layers of rent-a-fencing wasn't enough:
That time they assured us it was the greatest audit in the history of the galaxy...:
#RealAuditorsDont say or do these things.
The auditors we hired to triple check the 2020 General Election are certified professionals.
Read about their work here:
maricopa.gov/5681/Elections…

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8 Jul
Real auditors have consistent policies and procedures. This ensures the results are reproducible and can be trusted. #RealAuditorsDont wait for a court order to come up with policies and procedures for their audit.
#RealAuditorsDont cut and paste policies from others.
Once policies are established, #RealAuditorsDont ignore them...
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15 Jun
As @ArizonaAudit ballot counting wraps up, here’s a timeline of how we got here. 🧵⬇️
Oct-Nov. 2020: County conducts all required pre- and post-election tests, including statistically significant hand count audit that matched machine count 100%. Public meeting addresses constituent concerns. Arizona certifies the election results.
maricopacountyaz.medium.com/2020-election-…
Nov-Dec. 2020: Over a dozen courts find election lawsuits lacking evidence and rule in Maricopa County’s favor. “The court finds no fraud, no misconduct, and no effect on the outcome of the election,” said Arizona Superior Court Judge Randall Warner.
azmirror.com/2020/12/04/jud…
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4 Jun
First, @ArizonaAudit account falsely accused @maricopacounty employees of a crime (spoliation of evidence). Now, the Senate subcontractor who claimed we deleted files... gets to take county election data to an out-of-state lab w/ no oversight?
#RealAuditorsDont operate this way.
#RealAuditorsDont treat recounts like a game of "spin the bottle."
#RealAuditorsDont take a "2 out of 3 ain't bad" approach to tallying ballots.
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27 May
Audits that build trust are transparent. We know who's involved, what they will do, how they will deliver results, and how they will be paid.
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Maricopa County disclosed the true costs of the two independent audits we conducted and did not take private donations. There was a public vote, involving all five board members, authorizing the audits. The firms hired were known, experienced, and certified to do this work.
Their processes were spelled out in detailed scopes of work & did not change over the course of the audits. The auditors produced capstone reports following their work and did not share what they found prior.

The Arizona Senate's approach has been, well, different. #NotOurAudit
Read 4 tweets
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24 May
The Senate Cyber Ninja audit resumed today. Maricopa County is not a part of this audit and does not support it. To ensure election integrity, Maricopa County relies on best practices in auditing and the expertise of experienced professionals.
Read more: maricopacountyaz.medium.com/auditing-elect…
We hired nonpartisan, accredited firms to conduct two forensic audits. We would never work with an unaccredited, partisan firm like the Cyber Ninjas. Maricopa.gov/forensicaudit #NotOurAudit
After each election, our hand count audit is done with bipartisan teams appointed by county political party chairs. They are trained to review each vote. The Cyber Ninjas are not requiring unanimous counts. #NotOurAudit
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24 May
The Board of Supervisors and our election professionals take election integrity seriously. Before, during, and after the 2020 General Election, they took many steps to ensure free and fair elections in Maricopa County, including:
-Performing an election audit in 2018 following issues stemming from the primary election: maricopa.gov/4987/2019-Elec…
-Entering into a new election operations agreement with the Recorder in 2019, providing more oversight to county elections: maricopa.gov/DocumentCenter…
-Investing in new equipment and staffing ahead of the 2020 elections.
-Appointing an experienced auditor as co-elections director.
-Sharing extensive plans with the public before each election: BeBallotReady.Vote
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