The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to fight a pair of election subpoenas served by a top Arizona state senator this week.
Members voted 4-1 on Friday in favor of filing a complaint to an Arizona court, challenging two subpoenas issued to them by Eddie Farnsworth, the Republican chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
On Tuesday, Arizona state Senate President Karen Fann announced that Farnsworth would issue two election subpoenas to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
"One subpoena calls for a scanned ballot audit, to collect an electronic ballot image cast for all mail-in ballots counted in the November 2020 general election in Maricopa County, Arizona. The second subpoena calls for a full forensic audit of ballot tabulation equipment, the software for that equipment and the election management system used in the 2020 general election."
Fann added: "The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors were served these subpoenas on Tuesday afternoon, and they call for the information to be delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman on or before 5 p.m. on December 18, 2020. I appreciate Board Chairman Clint Hickman's commitment to the integrity of the Arizona election process, and I know he shares all of our concerns."
A bipartisan team of clerks joined the Antrim County Clerk's Office and the Michigan Bureau of Elections to conduct the "Risk limiting audit." In a tweet on Thursday, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said the audit "Confirmed the truth and affirmed the facts" of the election.
Election law experts said these votes have no legal meaning, but participating Republicans said they are preparing for the possibility of the results being overturned in court, and Arizona lawmakers called on Congress to accept the alternative slate of 11 electors or nullify the electoral votes until a full forensic audit can be conducted.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Maricopa County votes to resist election subpoenas from Arizona state senator
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