Legislators in Arizona and officials in the state's largest county clashed anew this week over election audit subpoenas, with county officials refusing to hand over routers and claiming they do not have passwords to access administrative control functions of election machines.
Arizona's Senate told Maricopa County on Friday that it would issue subpoenas for live testimony from the county's Board of Supervisors unless it received the materials that are being withheld.
A judge ruled that they were "The equivalent of a Court order." But the county said this week it is not turning over routers or router images, claiming that doing so poses a significant security risk to law enforcement.
"They've told us that they don't have that second password, or that they've given us all the passwords they have. They've also told us that they now can't, as they promised a couple weeks ago, provide our subcontractors with the virtual access to the routers and hubs and other things at the Maricopa County tabulation and election center, as was part of the subpoenas," Bennett told One America News at the site of the audit in Phoenix.
Jack Sellers, the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County board, said Friday that he is angered by allegations of corruption and would not address every allegation, but would speak to the password issue.
In a response to the Senate's lawyer, Allister Adel, Maricopa County's attorney, said that the county has "Already produced every password and security key for the tabulators that is [sic] within the County's possession."
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone joined other county officials in decrying the Senate's attempt to obtain the routers.
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Turn Over Routers or Face Subpoenas, Arizona Lawmakers Tell Maricopa County
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