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Arizona audit: Maricopa County denies claims staff deleted data

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Ben Cotton, founder of the firm CyFIR, alleged there is evidence of general election results getting purged in February before the Senate GOP’s audit started.

PHOENIX — The founder of a digital forensics firm accused Maricopa County of intentionally deleting data during a presentation Friday on the results of a partisan, GOP-led audit into the county’s 2.1 million ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election.

Ben Cotton is the founder of the firm CyFIR. He alleged there is evidence of general election results getting purged in February before the Senate GOP’s audit started. 

The county, however, repudiated those claims in a tweet: 

Cotton, a member of Senate President Karen Fann’s audit team, is best known for having driven copies of the county’s voting system data to a lab at his home in Montana.

Fann authorized the unprecedented election review without a vote of the full Senate after unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.

Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona’s largest county – the first in more than 70 years by a Democrat – delivered the state to the now president.

The vote was certified in late November by Arizona’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey. Nothing that is presented Friday will change the outcome of the vote, although there is a movement among Trump…

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Arizona election audit: Draft report confirms Biden defeated Trump in Maricopa County last November

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The state Senate Republicans who seized on former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread election fraud and ordered up the report and Cyber Ninjas, the inexperienced company hired to conduct it, are set to detail their findings in a public presentation Friday.

The draft report emerged Thursday night, and audit spokesman Randy Pullen confirmed its validity to KJZZ Phoenix. “It’s not the final report, but it’s close,” he said.

The draft report shows that the hand recount found that President Joe Biden received 99 more votes than Maricopa County had reported after November’s election, while former President Donald Trump received 261 fewer votes than the county reported.

Maricopa County’s Republican-led board of supervisors pointed to the draft Thursday night, saying that it underscores the reality that the county ran an accurate election.

“You don’t have to dig deep into the draft copy of the Arizona Senate/Cyber Ninja audit report to confirm what I already knew — the candidates certified by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General — did, in fact, win,” board chairman Jack Sellers, a Republican, said in a statement.

“This means the tabulation equipment counted the ballots as they were designed to do, and the results reflect the will of the voters,” he said. “That should be the end of the story. Everything else is just noise.”

Elections experts in both parties, looking at the manner and the methods of the so-called “audit,” have said for months that its results will not be credible. It was conducted by the Florida-based company Cyber Ninjas, which had no experience auditing election results and is led by a man who has repeated wild conspiracy theories about election fraud. The company and its volunteers and subcontractors did not follow standard auditing procedures, and observers from Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ office repeatedly noted instances in which those conducting the review broke their own rules.

No matter the outcome of Cyber Ninjas’ examination, the reality that Biden is president and won Arizona’s 11 electoral votes last year will not change.

Still, former President Donald Trump and those who have…

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Arizona AD apologizes for football stadium entry delays, promises improvement for NAU game

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Following a less-than-desirable debut of new security measures and a mobile ticketing system at Arizona Stadium, UA athletic director Dave Heeke has issued a formal apology.

“I want to apologize to those who were unable to fully enjoy that exceptional experience,” Heeke said in his Wildcat Wednesday newsletter. “We fell short in our obligation to provide you that experience. For that we sincerely apologize. We did not deliver.”

There were long delays entering the stadium for last week’s home opener against San Diego State, resulting in a very sparse crowd (other than in the Zona Zoo student section) at kickoff. By the time most of the announced crowd of 39,097 was in its seats the Wildcats were down 21-0, ultimately falling 38-14 for their 14th consecutive loss.

Heeke said the athletic department has been working to identify all the things that went wrong and come up with ways to fix them in time for this Saturday’s game against NAU. He said there will be additional staff at each gate and new queueing procedures will be in effect

“Our commitment remains to provide an outstanding game day experience for fans, and that means working tirelessly to resolve issues and deficiencies,” Heeke said. “These important elements of the fan experience will be better when we welcome you all for Saturday’s home football game versus Northern Arizona.”

Though Heeke said the mobile ticketing went well, he noted that ways for fans to help speed things up include making sure their tickets are up on their phone when they approach the gate, and he recommended fans enter at the gate closest to their seats.

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Forget homelessness, Sarasota charity tackles Arizona voter fraud

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Wearing a cutout of Donald Trump's face, Jeff LeBaron of Bradenton attends a rally for former President Donald Trump at the Sarasota Fairgrounds on July 3, 2021. DANIEL WAGNER / HERALD-TRIBUNE

Yeah, yeah, so the world has a few problems. Like the virus, earthquakes and terrorists overtaking countries. Big deal. You want a problem? Try losing an election you won. Now that’s a problem. Show a little compassion, will you?

Forget helping the homeless and hungry, thank goodness a charity exists with its priorities straight. One like the America Project, based right here in Sarasota, of course, and in the true spirit of spreading benevolence throughout humanity, its desire is to have the 2020 election overturned and Donald Trump restored to the presidency.

The America Project, registered in Florida as a charity, has given $3.25 million to Cyber Ninjas, the controversial Sarasota computer security company conducting an audit of 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County, Az.

Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.com and one of the America Project’s founders, said during an internet interview on something called The Daily 302 that he thinks results of the Ninjas’ meticulous work on behalf of the nation will be revealed this week. Fraud will be found, he predicts, and enough that 13 to 20 other states will conduct recounts as well.

Wearing a cutout of Donald Trump's face, Marc DiMaggio of Punta Gorda attends a rally for former President Donald Trump at the Sarasota Fairgrounds on July 3. DANIEL WAGNER / HERALD-TRIBUNE

The America Project registered as a charity with the state of Florida on June 18, and nowhere in its mission declaration does it mention donations go toward funding an audit in Arizona, which may be a violation of Florida statute depending on interpretation.

The charity lists 8388 S. Tamiami Trail as its address, which is a UPS store in Sarasota. Cyber Ninjas, which is being investigated by top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, lists a UPS store on Fruitville Road.

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