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By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times
Senate President Karen Fann is seeking an independent analysis of the testing of Arizona voting machines.
In a letter to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the Prescott Republican said she is not claiming there was fraud in the just-completed election.
“But many others are making that claim,” Fann said. And she contends that the outside review will put the “current controversy” to rest.
But Hobbs said that Fann, while professing no belief in fraud, is herself trafficking in conspiracy theories by even suggesting that an extra — and legally unrequired — step is necessary to quell rumors.
“It is patently unreasonable to suggest that, despite there being zero credible evidence of any impropriety or widespread irregularities, election officials nonetheless have a responsibility to prove a negative,” she wrote Tuesday in a response to Fann.
