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Arizona Senate Republicans hired a conspiracy theorist with ties to former President Donald Trump to investigate the 2020 election in Maricopa County, home to the state’s largest voting population. A process billed as a weeks-long endeavor instead took months of twists and turns, allegedly in the name of easing voters’ concerns about election fraud. Instead, the partisan review further fueled misinformation about the election process, despite the fact that nearly all allegations and concerns raised by that review have been debunked by local and national election experts.
Arizona audit coverage audio compilation
Every Republican in the Arizona Senate supports a resolution to hold the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in contempt and arrest supervisors for failing to turn over access to voting records.
Feb. 3, 2021
Republicans who control the Arizona Senate fell one vote short on Monday of holding the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in contempt for failing to turn over voting machines and ballots from the November election that lawmakers want to examine.
Feb. 8, 2021
A judge ruled that Arizona Senate Republicans can have access to 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 general election.
Feb. 26, 2021
Election conspiracy theorists interrupted a Monday press conference where Arizona Democrats warned a Senate election audit would do nothing but fuel conspiracy theories about the vote.
March 22, 2021
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann is denying that anyone involved in a sweeping audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County has links to conspiracies of stolen elections or fraud.
April 1, 2021
An unusual challenge to Arizona's presidential vote is focusing on more than 2 million ballots in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix.
April 25, 2021
Election experts say processes used to review and recount votes cast in Maricopa County are vastly different from standards used by election officials, casting doubt about the results of the review ordered by the Republican-led state Senate.
May 6, 2021
Maricopa County Supervisor Jack Sellers said a letter concerning “serious issues” arising from the Arizona Senate’s partisan review of the county’s recent election is full of allegations that are false and ill-informed.
May 13, 2021
As the election review in Arizona's Maricopa County draws wide criticism, Republicans elsewhere are looking at reviewing the 2020 count again.
May 29, 2021
The CEO of the company leading Arizona Senate Republicans’ review of Maricopa County’s election results was revealed as a once-anonymous source in a conspiracy-laden film about the 2020 election.
June 28, 2021
A widely criticized Republican-led review of the 2020 general election in Arizona's largest county appears to be nearing the finish line.
Aug. 9, 2021
A widely criticized, GOP-led review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County concluded that Joe Biden received more votes for president than Donald Trump.
Sept. 23, 2021
A widely discredited Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Arizona's biggest county has determined that Joe Biden indeed got more votes there than Donald Trump.
Sept. 24, 2021
