Arizona auditors say voter data is intact, walking back previous claims about Maricopa County audit, according to fact-checkers
On Tuesday, an Arizona firm commissioned by state Republicans to audit the 2020 election in Maricopa County walked back claims that a key database had been deleted from Maricopa County’s election servers, according to CNN, PolitiFact, Snopes and USA Today. According to fact-checkers, Maricopa Country officials say no data was deleted and those conducting the audit had made a technical mistake. Auditors acknowledged they now have access to the data in question.
What you need to know
- Fact-checkers say auditors of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Arizona backtracked from previous claims that data was deleted, acknowledging the data is intact
- Election officials said errors by auditors in retrieving the data had created the mistaken impression that it had been deleted
- The partisan election audit was ordered by Arizona Senate Republicans months after the state certified president Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election
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On Tuesday, an Arizona firm commissioned by state Republicans to audit the 2020 election in Maricopa County walked back claims that a key database had been deleted from Maricopa County’s election servers, according to CNN, PolitiFact, Snopes and USA Today. According to fact-checkers, Maricopa Country officials say no data was deleted and those conducting the audit had made a technical mistake. Auditors acknowledged they now have access to the data in question.
What you need to know
- Fact-checkers say auditors of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Arizona backtracked from previous claims that data was deleted, acknowledging the data is intact
- Election officials said errors by auditors in retrieving the data had created the mistaken impression that it had been deleted
- The partisan election audit was ordered by Arizona Senate Republicans months after the state certified president Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election
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