Arizona Senate Republicans subpoena Maricopa County on election | Andrew Oxford and Jen Fifield/Arizona Republic
Arizona Senate Republicans said Tuesday they sent subpoenas to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors seeking images of all mail-in ballots counted during the 2020 general election and a large pile of other records. Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, said she anticipates the county will conduct an audit of the election results but that if it does not, the Senate would proceed with its own. County election officials already conducted a routine bipartisan audit, counting a sample of ballots by hand to double-check the results. Maricopa County reported that it got a 100% match. Republican legislators have nonetheless claimed there were widespread irregularities during the election. Judges have rejected those claims in court but that has not deterred lawmakers, who have sought to rally their base by insisting fraud occurred. “The goal is to verify the machines did what they are supposed to do,” Fann said.
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