Arizona lawmakers and officials in the state’s largest county clashed anew last week over election audit subpoenas, with county officials refusing to hand over routers and claiming they don’t have passwords to access administrative control functions of election machines. Arizona’s Senate told Maricopa County on May 7 that it would issue subpoenas for live testimony from the county’s Board of Supervisors unless it receives materials that are being withheld. “We’ve been asked to relay that the Senate views the County’s explanations on the router and passwords issues as inadequate and potentially incorrect,” a lawyer for the Senate said in an email to county officials. The Arizona Senate subpoenaed election materials, such as ballots, following the 2020 election; lawmakers also issued subpoenas for election machines, passwords, and other technology. Maricopa County alleged in a lawsuit that the request for materials was overly broad and threatened voter privacy. A judge, though, ruled that …
Arizona Lawmakers Tell Maricopa Officials to Turn Over Routers or Face Subpoenas
May 8, 2021
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