
Arizona Senate liaison to ballot audit raises transparency concerns
"I cannot be a part of a process that I am kept out of critical aspects along the way," Ken Bennett told a conservative talk show host.
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"I cannot be a part of a process that I am kept out of critical aspects along the way," Ken Bennett told a conservative talk show host.
Calls to review the ballots in the 2020 election sparked quietly among GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania, according to a report by The Washington Post. Rosalind Helderman, an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" host Elaine Quijano to detail how the audits played out.
Arizona Republicans' audit of 2020 election ballots is nearing a close. CBSN Washington reporter Cailtin Huey-Burns spoke to "Red and Blue" host Elaine Quijano about the audit.
The Maricopa County election audit is in its seventh week as Republican lawmakers from both Pennsylvania and Georgia have begun observing the audit process in Arizona. Political experts worry this could potentially lead to other attempts to find fraudulent ballots from the 2020 presidential election. Jim Nintzel, executive editor at the Tucson Weekly, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss.
A controversial audit of ballots from the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona, has pitted some Republicans against each other. Former President Trump raised unfounded claims that a database was deleted, which Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer called "readily falsifiable" and "unhinged." Richer joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss why he's speaking up.
As another audit of votes in the 2020 presidential election continues in Arizona's Maricopa County, officials say there is no truth to claims that data was deleted. Andrew Oxford, a reporter for The Arizona Republic, spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN to break it all down.
The mostly Republican board of supervisors in the largest county in Arizona are calling for an end to the highly unusual post-election audit of ballots there. Jim Nintzel, the executive editor for Tucson Weekly, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" with more on the controversy in Maricopa County.
The state Senate president's letter drew the attention of former President Trump, who blasted it out through his Save America PAC and called her claims "devastating."
Some of the voting procedures people relied on during the pandemic are now illegal under changes passed by Republican state legislators. The Washington Post's national reporter, Dave Weigel, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with a look at which states would have seen different election results had the new restrictive laws been in place during the 2020 race.
So far, about 25% of the ballots have been reviewed in the audit mandated by the Republican-led state Senate.
The audit will not change the results of the election in Arizona.
Republicans in Arizona are facing criticism for their audit of ballots in Maricopa County, which is premised on the lies told by former President Trump about the 2020 election. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about her concerns with the recount based on former President Donald Trump's lies about the election.
It's been seven months since the 2020 presidential election was decided, but in Arizona votes are once again being recounted. It's part of an unprecedented audit of ballots in the state's largest county, which the Republican-led state senate just extended by another month. While the results won't change the outcome, it's being closely watched by former President Trump and some right wing groups pushing baseless election fraud claims. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined "CBSN AM" from Phoenix with details.
Whatever the outcome, the Republican Senate's recount and audit will not change the results of the 2020 election.
The Republican-led state Senate in Arizona is leading a new recount of more than 2 million ballots cast in its most populous county in the 2020 election, despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Democrats flipped the state blue for the presidency and one Senate seat last November. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN AM with the latest.
The Republican-held state Senate in Arizona has hired a private company to conduct a hand recount of more than 2 million ballots from the 2020 election in Maricopa County, even though the official tally already confirmed former President Trump lost to Joe Biden. Many critics are alarmed by what appears to be a secretive and partisan process. TucsonSentinel.com editor and publisher Dylan Smith joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the company conducting the audit and why he believes it's unlikely to be completed.
"I do think it's important for him to concede at this point and allow President-elect Biden to begin the transition," one member of the Arizona College Republicans said.
Fran Townsend, CBS News senior national security analyst and a former adviser to President George W. Bush, spoke to "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano about the impact of President Trump's rhetoric trying to undermine the election results and why she doesn't think Mr. Bush will weigh in.
Votes continued to be tallied in Nevada and Arizona, two key states in the presidential race that are leaning towards Joe Biden. CBS News campaign reporter Alex Tin joined CBSN from Phoenix to discuss where the race stands and the latest legal challenges by Republicans there.
"Quite honestly there's no legal ground for us to stop counting ballots," Hobbs said on "CBS This Morning."
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