Thank you for the article on the election audit [“Arizona Senate Hears of Multiple Inconsistencies Found by Election Audit” by Jack Phillips and Mimi Nguyen Ly, published Sept. 29]. I have several responses to their presentation of a very complex situation. First, 23,344, 5,295, 29,557, 27,869, 5,047, 3,432, and 2,592 soon add up to the possibility of significant hidden fraud. Second, mail-in ballots raise the real possibility of significant fraud. It makes the audit needs very complex and seems to create a situation that becomes so confusing that regular auditing procedures can not get to the skunk in the woodpile. Third, mailing ballots to everyone in the voter rolls creates so many possibilities of illegal use of that ballot that it should be outlawed by all states. The danger it brings to our most important civic responsibility is far too dangerous for it to be allowed. Fourth, there should be …