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5 Oct, 7 tweets, 3 min read
New Arizona ‘audit’ documents released last night in response to our ongoing litigation include emails and texts of top officials running partisan ballot review, and they provide yet more evidence of its anti-democratic origins.
americanoversight.org/new-arizona-au…
The records reveal a U.S. Election Assistance Commission member’s early support for the “audit.” On Jan. 28, 2021, Arizona Sen. Warren Peterson told Senate President Karen Fann that Christy McCormick, an EAC member, was willing to be mentioned in a press release.
The EAC is the federal agency tasked with helping states administer secure elections.

“So won’t she [McCormick] be in deep dodo [sic] for saying this public[ly]?” Fann asked. “Nope, it’s a fact,” Petersen replied. ImageImage
Multiple previous productions of records have shown “audit” leaders’ apparent eagerness to believe (and share) baseless allegations of voter fraud and to involve election conspiracy theorists in their operation. The latest records offer yet more examples.
Fann forwarded emails to “audit” officials on Aug 5 & Sept 14, the latter email regarding “7825 dead voters” that the writer claimed were found by conspiracy theorist Jovan Pulitzer, the likely source of the conspiracy theory that fraudulent ballots had been shipped in from Asia. Image
On April 28, Fann asked “audit” spokesman Randy Pullen about why people were using UV lights to scan ballots; Pullen replied, “Checking paper. Example paper has bamboo threads - not official ballot material.” Image
Read more about what we’ve uncovered in our ongoing investigation here:
americanoversight.org/investigation/…

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