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Arizona Senate Republicans sign lease to continue vote audit
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Arizona Senate Republicans sign lease to continue vote audit 5-13-21 PHOENIX — (AP) — Republicans in the Arizona Senate have signed a lease to continue their ...audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County through the end of June. The state Senate and its contractors had rented the Veterans Memorial Coliseum through Friday, when they must vacate the old basketball arena because it is booked for high school graduations next week.... Under the new lease signed Wednesday, the ballots, computers, tables and related equipment will be stored elsewhere at the state fairgrounds next week . The Senate will regain access to the coliseum on May 23 and have it through the end of June. ...The audit will stop Thursday evening, then packing will begin and continue into Friday, said Ken Bennett, a former Republican secretary of state who is serving as the Senate’s liaison to the auditors. Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the state's top election official, has asked the Senate to detail its plans for keeping ballots secure while they are in storage. Meanwhile, Senate President Karen Fann sent a letter Wednesday to Jack Sellers, chairman of the Republican-controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, requesting that county officials publicly answer questions at the Senate on Tuesday, but she stopped short of her threat to issue subpoenas. Fann repeated the Senate's demand for access to administrative passwords for vote-counting machines and internet routers. County officials say they have turned over all the passwords they have and have refused to give up the routers, saying it would compromise sensitive data, including classified law enforcement information held by the sheriff’s office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-senate-republicans-sign-lease-to-continue-vote-audit/2021/05/13/04c59a24-b426-11eb-bc96-fdf55de43bef_story.html
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