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How abnormal is the Arizona "audit"?

How abnormal is the Arizona audit?
How ballot counters are normally selected: in Maricopa County, ballot counters are required by law to be bipartisan groups of 3 and are selected by the parties.
How Cyber Ninjas selected ballot counters: Cyber Ninjas' auditors were arbitrarily selected from one party.
How candidates normally participate in the auditing process: they don't. Candidates are prohibited from participating in the auditing process to prevent interference, fraud, or the appearance of both.
How candidates participated in Cyber Ninjas' auditing process: Cyber Ninjas' auditing process included a former state legislator who ran in the election being audited and members of the campaign teams disputing the results.
How races are normally examined: Races are chosen randomly by the hand-count audit to avoid casting doubts on the outcome of elections or imply a particular race is questionable.
How Cyber Ninjas examined races: Cyber Ninjas chose the races to audit based on the outcome of the races.
What normally qualifies auditors to participate: auditors are required to attend a two-week education program and pass a test. Many managers are certified.
What qualified Cyber Ninjas to conduct an audit: they weren't qualified. Cyber Ninjas had never conducted an audit before this one.
What normally drives the audit's methodology: election audits use methods based on state law and used by experts in the elections community.
What Cyber Ninjas used for its methodology: Cyber Ninjas used ideas from a failed inventor named Jovan Pulitzer, who has been searching for a magical sword and the Ark of the Covenant. He has no experience whatsoever with elections.
How the audit is normally funded: the 2020 primary and general elections were largely publicly funded in 2020. Private funding of elections is now banned in Arizona.
How Cyber Ninjas funded its audit: Cyber Ninjas' audit is largely paid for by private, anonymous donors.
How much access the media is normally given: open access to the media; all lawful public records requests are complied with.
How much access Cyber Ninjas gave the media: no access to the general media; exclusive access given to OAN; no public records requests are complied with.
How results are normally disclosed: Arizona law prevents releasing the election results before 8 PM on election day for statewide elections.
How Cyber Ninjas chose to disclose its results: members of the audit have appeared in a conspiracy movie alleging the election was stolen before completing the audit.
How quickly results must be normally tabulated: state law requires all vote counting and auditing to be done within 20 days of the general election.
How quickly Cyber Ninjas reported its results: Cyber Ninjas announced end dates twice and failed to meet them before concluding the audit.

Seen any news about the Arizona “audit” recently? Wondering how it compares to a normal election audit? We have you covered. Below you’ll find how the “audit” conducted by Cyber Ninjas compares to normal state and local procedures.

How ballot counters are selected

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Ballot counters are required by law to be bipartisan groups of 3 and are selected by the parties.
  • Cyber Ninjas: Cyber Ninjas’ auditors were arbitrarily selected from one party.

How candidates participate in the auditing process

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Candidates are prohibited from participating in the auditing process to prevent interference, fraud, or the appearance of interference or fraud.
  • Cyber Ninjas: Cyber Ninjas’ auditing process included a former state legislator who ran in the election being audited and members of the campaign teams disputing the results.

    Tours of the auditing process were given to partisan elected officials.

 
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How races are examined
  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Races are chosen randomly by the hand-count audit to avoid casting doubts on the outcome of elections or imply a particular race is questionable.
  • Cyber Ninjas: Cyber Ninjas chose the races to audit based on the outcome of the races.

What qualifies auditors to participate

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Auditors are required to attend a two-week education program and pass a test.

    Many managers are certified.

    Many county employees have decades of experience with elections.

  • Cyber Ninjas: Cyber Ninjas had never conducted an audit before this one.

What drives the audit’s methodology

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Election audits use methods based on state law and used by experts in the elections community.
  • Cyber Ninjas: For it’s audit, Cyber Ninjas used ideas from a failed inventor named Jovan Pulitzer, who has been searching for a magical sword and the Ark of the Covenant. He has no experience whatsoever with elections.

How the audit is funded

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: The 2020 primary and general elections were largely publicly funded in 2020. Private funding of elections is now banned in Arizona.
  • Cyber Ninjas: Cyber Ninjas’ audit is largely paid for by private, anonymous donors.

How much access the media is given

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Open access to the media. All lawful public records requests are complied with.
  • Cyber Ninjas: No access to the general media. Exclusive access given to OAN. No public records requests are complied with.

How results are disclosed

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: Arizona law prevents releasing the election results before 8 PM on election day for statewide elections.
  • Cyber Ninjas: Members of the audit have appeared in a conspiracy movie alleging the election was stolen before completing the audit.

How quickly results must be tabulated

  • Maricopa County / Arizona: State law requires all vote counting and auditing to be done with 20 days of the general election.
  • Cyber Ninjas: Cyber Ninjas announced end dates twice and failed to meet them before concluding the audit.

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