On Monday, Senator Karen Fann announced that she expected to receive a portion of the audit of the Maricopa County 2020 General Election. The Senate had expected the complete report on Monday, but auditors were struck with COVID-19.
“Today we are receiving a portion of the draft report from the election audit analysis team,” said Fann in a press release. “The team expected to have the full draft ready for the Senate today, but unfortunately Cyber Ninjas’ CEO Doug Logan and two other members of the five person audit team have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quite sick.”
“In addition to the illnesses, it wasn’t until Thursday that the Senate received the images of the ballot envelopes from Maricopa County that we are hoping to have those analyzed as soon as possible to incorporate those results into the final report,” said Fann. “The Senate legal team will meet Wednesday to start reviewing the draft report, and when the remainder of the draft is submitted, the Senate team will hold another meeting to continue checking for accuracy, clarity, and proof of documentation of findings. Once that is complete, the final report will be presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee and findings released to the public.”
Fann said that there will be nine members on the Senate audit/legal team. One of the nine members is former Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who has volunteered as the Senate’s liaison to the audit team.
In an interview on KFYI’s James T. Harris show, Bennett called on the public to be patient as the team intends to take whatever time is necessary to ensure the audit is a quality product.
Bennett also explained that said Maricopa County officials are “still refusing access to the routers and the router logs to prove that none of the election IT was hooked up to the Internet during the election. Of course,” said Bennett, “they promise that that did not happen, but that’s why you have an audit – to confirm things people say.”
Wishing Cyber Ninjas members a speedy recovery from Covid19. I won’t entertain the rumors that this is a ploy to avoid publishing their audit findings. Even though they have a history of not being forthright. I will give them the benefit of the doubt. #MaskUp https://t.co/DXKXA2Aotk
— Supervisor Steve Gallardo (@Steve_Gallardo) August 24, 2021