Arizona Audit Update

Hello, it is time for the weekly update from the Republican Party of Arizona. I am your chairwoman, Dr. Kelly Ward. Now, in a previous update, we told you about the follow-up report Dr. Shiva did on America's audit of the Maricopa County 2020 election. Dr. Shiva, who has multiple degrees from MIT, did a study on a sample of 499 ballots to see if signatures on mail-in ballots matched the ones on voter registration forms. Dr. Shiva extrapolated that out of the 1.9 million ballots mailed or dropped off, 200,000 should have needed curing, which means verification. Maricopa County, though, only cured 25,000 of those ballot envelopes. The Arizona Attorney General's Election Integrity Office got the report and asked Maricopa County for documents to look into this matter. They didn't just ask once, not even twice, but they've asked three times. But still, as they have done in the past, Maricopa County did not send what was asked for. What is wrong with these people? As Karen Phan, our Senate President, tweeted, what are they hiding now? The AG's office specifically asked for their procedures for signature verification. Attorneys at the Election Integrity Unit sent another letter to Maricopa County asking why they are, once again, not complying with a lawful request. The letter was copied to the State Senate. Now, the chair of the Arizona Senate Committee on Government, Kelly Townsend, has had enough. She issued a fresh subpoena to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors or their authorized representatives to appear before the Senate Government Committee next Monday. The subpoena requires them to produce information and answer questions regarding the delay in fulfilling the Attorney General's request. Now, in a statement released with the subpoena, Senator Townsend said, throughout this process, we have been dismayed at the level of obstruction, malfeasance, and nonfeasance seen throughout the inquiry. I could not agree more, Kelly. The behavior of Maricopa County for the last year and a half continues to be reprehensible. It's my hope that the Attorney General's office and the state senators take these guys to task for their deliberate stall tactics and vicious media attacks on anyone who asks them very simple questions related to election transparency. Boy, I can tell you I'm looking forward to Monday's committee hearing. I bet you are too. Remember this, here at the Republican Party of Arizona, it is always election integrity and America first. I'll see you next time.