An Arizona newspaper filed a lawsuit against the GOP-led state Senate and a contractor to obtain information about the audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County. The Arizona Republic said it has “filed a special action in Maricopa County Superior Court seeking financial records and communications about the audit from the [Arizona] Senate and Cyber Ninjas,” the Florida-based company that is carrying out the review of voting equipment and 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa. A lawyer for the newspaper said the lawsuit and records have to be disclosed under Arizona law because the Senate, a public body, is orchestrating the audit. “Arizona law entitles the public to know how this audit is being conducted and funded,” David Bodney, an attorney representing the newspaper, said last week. “And the Arizona public records law does not permit the Senate to play ‘hide the ball’ by delegating core responsibilities to a …