The Arizona Senate tasked Maricopa County with conducting an audit of the machines of the Dominion’s voting systems used in the 2020 presidential election, amid allegations of ballot tampering and fraud.
Eddie Farnsworth, the Republican chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee, issued two subpoenas on Tuesday to appear before the Maricopa County Oversight Board. One summons calls for verification of the scanned ballots, while the other “Complete forensic audit of ballot compilation material, software for this material and election management system” of the November 3 contest.
Images of subpoenas to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors obtained by the @dcexaminer https://t.co/JFspKSWFSR pic.twitter.com/UAoK51pK1Q
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The supervisory board must respond to orders before December 18. A spokesperson for the Maricopa board of directors told the Washington Examiner that the board is consulting legal advisers about the subpoenas. Maricopa County officials said they were already planning to conduct a forensic audit of the voting machines, as well as a manual recount of the 2.1 million ballots, but were barred due to this. ongoing litigation involving challenges to election results.
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Farnsworth held a six-hour hearing on Monday to investigate allegations of irregularities surrounding the presidential race. He later announced that he intended to issue subpoenas to inspect and audit voting machines in Maricopa County, claiming that “There is evidence of forgery, there is evidence of fraud,” local media reported.
However, officials who testified before his committee insisted there was no indication that Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow victory in the state was illegitimate. Farnsworth argued that the subpoenas “Ensure that at least the legislature has a process in place” to control the “Veracity” of the electoral contest.
The subpoenas coincided with the release of a preliminary audit report, ordered by a Michigan judge, which stated that Dominion systems were “Intentionally and deliberately designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results.”
The explosive findings appeared to support President Donald Trump’s claim that widespread electoral fraud involving Dominion machines. But in testimony before the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee on Tuesday, National CEO John Poulos claimed the audit was “Seriously defective” and make allegations “Categorically false and technically incomprehensible.”
Biden was certified president-elect by the Electoral College on Monday, leading some Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to formally recognize the Democrats’ victory. Trump insisted that it is “Too early” to give up and urged the Republican Party to “Learn to fight.”
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