Maricopa County supervisors approve another election audit to be ‘transparent and open’ about the vote count

A protester holds a sign outside the Executive Tower in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020. The protesters believe Donald Trump won re-election in 2020 and objected to the state casting its electoral votes for Joe Biden. /Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy / Arizona Mirror

By Jen Fifield  | Arizona Republic

Maricopa County will conduct another audit of its voting systems in an attempt to satisfy those with concerns about the integrity of the 2020 general election.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to hire two independent companies to conduct an audit that will examine again whether the machines counted votes properly, whether they were hacked or tampered with, and whether the county used proper procedures when leasing its machines from Dominion Voting Systems.

The supervisors said before the vote that they have full confidence the election ran smoothly and votes were counted accurately, after multiple audits and hand counts came back without errors and after election challenges were dismissed by the courts.

Chairman Jack Sellers said the audit is meant to alleviate the concerns of those who still “have serious doubts about our election process.”

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