By Isabel Van Brugen The Republican-led Arizona state Senate on March 31 announced that four firms have been hired to audit election results and recount the 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County’s 2020 general election to ensure the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s win. The announcement from Sen. Karen Fann (R-Ariz.) comes just weeks after Arizona legislators ordered […]
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Arizona State Senate Orders Hand Recount of 2.1 Million Ballots From 2020 Presidential Election
By Samuel Allegri Arizona legislators have ordered a recount of 2.1 million ballots for the 2020 presidential election, this time to be done by hand. The Arizona Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, released a statement confirming their intent to do another audit of the ballots from Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county. The Arizona […]
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Judge Rules Arizona’s Maricopa County Must Turn Over 2.1 Million November Election Ballots to Senate
By Jack Phillips A judge on Friday ruled that Maricopa County must provide some 2.1 million ballots from the Nov. 3 election to the Arizona state Senate and allow access to its election equipment to conduct an audit. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Thomason ruled that subpoenas issued by Arizona’s state Senate are valid and should […]
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DOJ Changes Legal Position in Arizona Voting Case
By Matthew Vadum The Biden administration changed its position on an upcoming Supreme Court appeal dealing with Arizona’s electoral integrity laws, disavowing the previous administration’s interpretation of anti-discrimination provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although the Biden administration won’t present oral arguments in the case or update a friend-of-the-court brief filed by the Trump […]
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Full List: How Members of Congress Voted on Objections to Arizona, Pennsylvania Electoral Results
By Zachary Stieber Two objections triggered a vote during the joint session of Congress, which spilled into the early hours of Thursday before Joe Biden was certified as president-elect. Objections require support from at least one member of each chamber. The objections that received support were to electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. Both objections failed to get […]
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Arizona’s 11 Electoral Votes Challenged by GOP Senator, Reps During Joint Session
By Jack Phillips More than 60 Republican House representatives led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and one senator objected to Arizona’s 11 electoral votes during the Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday. Their objection “complies with the law,” said Vice President Mike Pence, the president of the Senate during the Joint Session of Congress. Gosar […]
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Arizona GOP Chair: ‘All on the Shoulders of Vice President Mike Pence’ in Elector Fight
By Jack Phillips Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence, described the suit as a “friendly” one. In an update on Tuesday, Ward attempted to clear any misconceptions about why the lawsuit was being filed. “We love Vice President Mike Pence, we love him,” she said, adding that it […]
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Arizona Judge Dismisses Lawsuit to Enforce Subpoenas for Election Record, Opens Opportunity for Refile
By GQ Pan A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by Arizona Senate’s Republican leadership seeking to get access to the county’s voting equipment and materials before Congress counts electoral votes. The lawsuit was filed Monday by Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Eddie Farnsworth. It demanded […]
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Arizona Senators Sue to Enforce Subpoenas for Election Equipment, Records
By Ivan Pentchoukov The president of the Arizona Senate and the chairman of the state senate’s Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit on Dec. 21 asking the Maricopa County Superior Court to enforce a pair of subpoenas that sought ballot tabulation equipment and voting records from county election officials. Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman […]
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Arizona GOP Moves to Intervene in Legal Battle Over Maricopa County Audit
By Zachary Stieber The Arizona Republican Party has filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit filed by Maricopa County against state senators, as the county fights against subpoenas to audit voting machines and ballots. In the 16-page motion obtained by The Epoch Times, Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward and other Republicans say they have several interests related to […]
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Arizona County Board Vote Not to Comply With Subpoenas Suggests Something to Hide: Trump Campaign Adviser
By Zachary Stieber The vote by the board of supervisors in the largest county in Arizona not to comply with subpoenas to audit election machines and scanned ballots suggests they have information they don’t want getting out, a Trump campaign adviser has asserted. “That actually seems to be a major miscalculation by the county board of supervisors, because […]
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Sidney Powell: Supreme Court Appeared to Reject Wisconsin, Arizona Cases; Docketed Georgia, Michigan Lawsuits
By Jack Phillips Lawyer Sidney Powell said Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to reject two cases regarding alleged election fraud in Wisconsin and Arizona, while adding that two cases were docketed in Michigan and Georgia but won’t be heard until mid-January. According to the lawyer’s tweets, the court’s “electronic filing system shows our EMERGENCY Petitions docketed for […]