In an attempt to get ahead of conspiracy theories, Maricopa County Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates said that “none of this indicates any fraud or anything of that sort,” and assured the public that ballots cast at affected locations would be properly counted.
Elections officials have asked in-person voters to use the pens provided at the polls—which contain fast-drying ink—to avoid ink smearing and potentially invalidating the ballot.
As a federal committee closes in on Republicans who acted as illegitimate electors in the 2020 presidential election, a local group is also speaking out: Arizona’s legitimate electors.
Elections officials on both sides of the political aisle spent the last few months blowing the whistle on the mismanagement throughout the audit process.