First look: Draft of AZ election audit report

PHOENIX (KNXV) -- Nearly six months aft it started, and astatine a outgo of $5.7 million, the findings of a forensic audit of the 2020 Maricopa County statesmanlike predetermination volition beryllium released Friday.

Some details from a draught transcript of the audit study dated September 23 began circulating Thursday. Scripps presumption ABC15 obtained the draught transcript done a nationalist records petition to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, which matched aggregate copies the presumption received independently.

The draught of the forensic audit’s hand-count totals of insubstantial ballots was not substantially antithetic than Maricopa County’s authoritative numbers. In some counts, Biden wins.

The study addresses different concerns astir whether voters whitethorn person voted doubly oregon if radical were not utilizing their existent code to vote. It besides makes suggestions connected however to marque improvements to Arizona’s predetermination system. The study recovered nary grounds of immoderate of the claims, similar bamboo insubstantial ballots coming from China.

The auditors continued to instrumentality contented with Maricopa County not providing each of the elections machine server accusation they requested.

The auditors are acceptable to contiguous their findings Friday astatine 1 p.m. successful the authorities Senate.

The merchandise of the findings comes astir a twelvemonth aft President Biden won the 2020 election.