[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," AN UPDATE ON THE AUDIT OF MARICOPA COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL AND U.S. SENATE VOTES.

ON CRONKITE NEWS, RESEARCHERS ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW MEN AND WOMAN CAN SOMETIMES REACT DIFFERENTLY TO VACCINES, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, HOW PEOPLE ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO BECOME FAKE FAMOUS.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE CDC TODAY RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED CAN GO WITHOUT MASKS OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING INDOORS AND OUT.

>> ANYONE WHO IS FULLY VACCINATED CAN PARTICIPATE IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, LARGE OR SMALL, WITHOUT WEARING A MASK OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING.

IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED, YOU CAN START DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD STOPPED DOING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> THE CDC FACTORED IN THE EFFICACY AND INCREASE IN VACCINATIONS ALONG WITH THE COUNTRY'S DECLINING CASES OF COVID.

THAT SAID DR. FAUCI HAD ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.

>> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A CERTAIN LEVEL FOR RISK AVERSION AS WE KNOW THE RISK IS EXTREMELY LOW OF GETTING INFECTED IF YOU ARE VACCINATED, BUT THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT BIT OF A RISK, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE CRITICIZED.

>> MOST CHILDREN INFECTED WITH COVID-19 DON'T SEEM TO SHOW TYPICAL SYMPTOMS.

THE RESEARCH FOUND THAT ONLY 19% OF KIDS HAD FEVER AND LOST OF TASTE AND SMELL, ONLY 16% HAS RES SPIRER TO SYMPTOMS, AND LESS THAN 5% HAD A HEADACHE.

RESEARCHERS SAID IT ALL EQUATES TO THE DISCULLTY IN DIAGNOSING KIDS.

>>> GOVERNOR DUCEY ANNOUNCES THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT WILL STOP BEING PAID OUT.

THE MOVE FOLLOWS NINE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE ENDED THE FEDERAL BENEFITS.

WITHOUT THE SUPPLEMENT JOBLESS BENEFITS WILL RETURN TO THE STATE LEVEL OF $240 PER WEEK.

>>> THE AUDIT OF MARICOPA COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL AND U.S. SENATE VOTES STOPPED DOWN TODAY SO THE ENTIRE PROCESS AT VETERANS' MEMORIAL COLISEUM CAN BE MOVED TO A NEARBY STORAGE AREA TO MAKE WAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES.

EVERYTHING WILL BE MOVED BACK IN ON MAY 23RDRD.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SENATE'S AUDIT SPOKESMAN, KEN BENNETT IN A MOMENT.

KAREN FANN IS ASKING THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISE ORS BEFORE THE SENATE.

WE WILL HEAR FROM COUNTY SUPERVISOR LATER IN THE SHOW.

>>> AND THE TRIAL OF THREE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO MARCH OF NEXT YEAR SO A FEDERAL TRIAL CAN PROCEED FIRST.

FORMER OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN IS ALREADY IN CUSTODY AWAITING SENTENCING ON MURDER CONVICTIONS.

>>> AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE AUDIT OF MARICOPA COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL AND U.S. SENATE VOTES, IS BEING PUT ON HOLD TO MAKE ROOM FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES AT VETERANS' MEMORIAL COLISEUM.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND MANY OTHER THINGS REGARDING THE AUDIT WITH SENATE'S AUDIT SPOKESMAN, KEN BENNETT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CAN YOU ASSURE MARICOPA COUNTY VOTERS RIGHT NOW, THAT THEIR BALLOTS, THAT THEIR VOTING INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF THIS EFFORT.

>> YOU BROKE UP THERE, TED, BUT I CAN ABSOLUTELY ASSURE EVERY MARICOPA COUNTY RESIDENT AND THE COUNTY ITSELF THAT THE BALLOTS IS SECURE, ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS SECURE.

EVER SINCE THE EQUIPMENT AND BALLOTS WERE DELIVERED ON APRIL 21ST AND 22ND, THEY HAVE BEEN ARMED GUARDED SECURITY 24/7.

THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER 24 HOUR VIDEO AND IN LOCKED CAGES.

>> HOW DO WE TRUST THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE AUDIT, CONSIDERING THEIR BACKGROUND AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN DOWN THERE COUNTING BALLOTS.

>> THE COMPANY THAT WAS HIRED, CYBER-NINJAS, OUT OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, THEY HIRED WAKE TECHNOLOGIES.

THEY DO HAND-COUNT AUDITS FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I FOLK WITH THE ELECTION DIRECTOR OF FULTON COUNTY, AND SHE SAID THEY DID A COUNT FOR HER, AND EVERYTHING WENT FINE.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE HIRED ARE EITHER PAID OR VOLUNTEERS TO SIT AT THE TABLE.

IT'S A TRIPLE BLIND TALLY SHEET WHERE THREE PEOPLE LOOK ANOTHER THE BALLOT AS IT IS ROTATED AROUND THE TABLE, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER IS WRITING DOWN, BUT AT THE END OF A BATCH OF 50 TO 100 BALLOTS, THEY HAVE TO MATCH, AND IF THEY DON'T MATCH, THEY DO IT AGAIN.

SO I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE, I OVERSAW 12 AUDITS DURING MY TIME AS SECRETARY OF STATE, AND I CAN ASSURE MARICOPA COUNTY THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE.

>> WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

WHY ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THIS?

BECAUSE I'M SORRY -- BUT THE QUESTIONS ARE HUGE.

ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ASHROUND THE STATE AND COUNTRY, WASHINGTON, BY THE WAY SAYS 2.1 MILLION BALLOTS ARE ALL COMPROMISED.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

>> BECAUSE ARIZONANS DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THEIR ELECTIONS ARE DONE WITH THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY, THAT EVERYTHING CAN COUNTED AND CAN BE VERIFIED.

IF ARIZONA WAS A SHYER -- LET'S BRING DOWN TO NUMBERS PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND.

IF ARIZONA WAS A SHIRE, LIKE YORKSHIRE, WE HAD 80% OF THE PEOPLE VOTE.

AND JOE BIDEN GOT 401, AND TRUMP GOT 399.

THAT MEANS IF EVEN ONE VOTE OUT OF THE 800 RECORD VOTES WERE INCORRECTLY VOTED, MAYBE WE HAD A TIE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS COUNTED CORRECTLY.

TWO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AFTER AFFIDAVITS, ARE EVERYONE OF THOSE SIGNED, BECAUSE SOME WORKERS AT MARICOPA COUNTY SAID THEY GOT BEHIND AND GET IT GO THROUGH.

WAS IT FOLDED RIGHT, AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CONTRACTOR THAT MAILED OUT THE BALLOTS PROBABLY RECEIVED SOME BACK THAT WERE UNDELIVERED.

SO IT IS FOUR UN'S.

>> AND TO USE YOUR ANALOGY, KEN, ARIZONA HAS BEEN A SHIRE FOR QUITE A WHILE HERE, AND ANOTHER UN IS THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS.

THERE ARE LAW AND STATUTES THAT TALK ABOUT WHEN RECOUNTS ARE NEEDED.

THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE.

YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS, AND -- I IMAGINE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT MAKING ARIZONA LOOK GOOD ON A NATIONAL STAGE.

WE HAD -- THE GOVERNOR TALKS AGO ELECTION INTEGRITY.

WHEN DID THAT INTEGRITY GO WRONG?

>> WE HAD THE CLOSEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RACE IN THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA.

THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HAND COUNT, IF THOSE HAND COUNTS VERY BY LESS THAN HALF OF PERCENT THEN YOU ARE OKAY.

THIS ELECTION WAS EVEN LESS THAN THAT.

SO THEY ARE ABOVE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WINNER AND THE LOSER IN THIS RACE.

SO THIS WAS A VERY NARROW RACE.

IT WAS DECIDED BY 10,000 VOTES, STATEWIDE OUT OF 3.4 MILLION.

THAT IS LIKE THE ARIZONA SHIRE STORY I JUST SHARED.

IF 800 PEOPLE VOTED, THE DIFFERENCE IS 2.

WE HAD 33,000 BALLOTS CAST IN ARIZONA WHERE THE MACHINES DIDN'T PICK UP ANY VOTES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

CERTAINLY WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THE INTENT OF EVERY VOTER WASSER REPORTED CORRECTLY.

>> PREVIOUS AUDITS, KEN, SHOWED NO IRREGULARITIES.

AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT -- THE FORMER PRESIDENT -- NO ONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS VOTE UNTIL HE SAYS THE ELECTION IS RIGGED, AND NOT JUST IN ARIZONA, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WHAT WE SEE IS ARIZONA POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC PEOPLE FROM A CERTAIN SIDE OF THE AISLE FALLING IN LINE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BIG LIE.

AGAIN, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

>> THE SENATE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHEN THEY FILED THE SUBPOENAS AND WENT IN FRONT OF A JUDGE THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OVERTURNING THE ELECTION.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH TAKING THE CLOSEST ELECTION RACE IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND DO A FORENSIC AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR WAS ACCOUNTED FOR, TO KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE STRENGTH OR WEAKNESSES IN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT ELECTION.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T LURCH FROM ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE TO THE OTHER WITH PEOPLE ACCUSING THIS OR THAT ELECTION BEING STOLEN.

IN 2016, ALMOST HALF OF THE ELECTORATE WAS SAYING THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

>> BUT KEN, HOW MANY COURT CASES DID WE SEE IN 2016.

HOW MANY TIME DID THE LOSER OF THAT ELECTION, HILLARY CLINTON SAY THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED, AND SHE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE WINNER OF THE ELECTION.

THAT'S APPLES AND ORANGES IS IT NOT?

>> I DON'T THINK IT.

ALL I KNOW IS HALF OF THE ELECTORATE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT 2016 BEING FRAUDULENT IN SOME WAY, AND NOW WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE OTHER HALF THAT WITH CONCERNED ABOUT 2020.

THE COMPANY THAT MARICOPA COUNTY USES DOMINION, THEIR ENTIRE ELECTION SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO BE AUDITED.

THEY HAVE A SPECIAL FEATURE CALLED AUDIT MARK THAT IS -- >> BUT, KEN THEY HAVE BEEN AUDITED, AND THEY JUST CAME OUT HERE TODAY SAYING THAT CYBER-NINJAS -- THEY ARE NOT AN ACCREDITED COMPANY TO DO THIS KIND OF THING, SUBCONTRACTING NOTWITHSTANDING.

THEY SAID THEY ALREADY DEMONSTRATED BIAS AND INCOMPETENCE, AND IF THEY WERE TO RELEASE INFORMATION THAT -- THAT SENATE WANTS AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO A COUNTY SUPERVISOR ABOUT THIS FIGHT THAT IT WOULD BE RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE.

EVERY TIME A PARTY LOSES, THEY ARE JUST GOING TO RUN TO THE COURTS AND SAY, WE GOT TO DO A RECOUNT.

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE SAID THE BALLOTS WERE FLOWN IN FOR AIR -- AIR SHA, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR BAMBOO.

>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BAMBOO.

IT IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THEY ARE LOOKING AT ARE THE MACHINES TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE NOT HOOKED UP TO THE INTERNET, AND THEY ARE DOING SPOT CHECKING TO MAKING SURE THAT 88 PEOPLE WERE VOTING FROM 123 MAPLE STREET.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LAST QUESTION, DO YOU THINK THUS FAR BASELESS CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM DONALD TRUMP, DO YOU THOSE THINGS WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT THIS AUDIT FINDS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAY GIVE US THE EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT HE REALLY DID LOSE BY 2 OUT OF 800 VOTES, IF THAT CAN BE CONFIRMED -- WE'RE REALLY DOING FOUR THINGS.

WE'RE DISPELLING FALSEHOODS, OR CONFIRMING FACTS, AND WE'RE ACCOUNTING -- OR QUANTIFYING WITH EVERYTHING COUNTED, AND THEN WE'RE CLARIFYING.

SO -- I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION WENT, COME UP TO ME AND SAY IF YOU JUST SHOW US THE FACTS THAT THIS WAS DONE CORRECTLY, WE CAN ACCEPT THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND REAL QUICKLY, BEFORE YOU GO, I HAVE GOT TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT ARIZONA'S IMAGE HAS TAKEN A HIT FOR THIS?

>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR ELECTIONS HAVE INTEGRITY.

AND I THINK THIS WILL BECOME THE STANDARD.

AUDITING ELECTIONS SHOULD BECOME THE STANDARD.

>> WE HAVE HAD AUDITS, KEN.

>> NO, NO, NO.

THEY COUNTED -- THEY COUNTED 8,000 OUT OF 2.1 MILLION BALLOTS, AND THEY ARE TELLING US, JUST -- THEY PRE-SELECTED 56 BATCHES OF 200 BALLOTS.

THEY HAND COUNTED 26 OF THEM, AND NOW THEY WANT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THE OTHER 9600 BATCHES OF VOTES -- JUST TRUST US, THAT BECAUSE WE COUNTED HALF OF THE PREELECTED ONES THAT WE CHOSE BEFORE THE ELECTION OCCURRED, THAT THE OTHER 99.7% ARE OKAY.

THIS IS AN AUDIT, JUST LIKE WE HAVE AUDITS OF PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CAN BE AUDITED FOR GETTING A LOAN OR WHATEVER IT TAKES.

AUDITING AN ELECTION SHOULD BECOME A STANDARD PART -- NOT EVERYONE, BUT MAYBE EVERY YEAR, A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS CAN BE SET ASIDE TO AUDIT AN ELECTION, MAYBE WE ROTATE IT AROUND.

MAYBE WE COUNT SOME COUNTY RACES ONE YEAR, AND FEDERAL RACES ANOTHER YEAR.

>> WELL, KEN, WE HAVE GOT TO GET GOING HERE.

WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

SENATE'S AUDIT SPOKESMAN, KEN BENNETT, THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, TED.

>>> AND UP NEXT, THE MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERVISOR TALKS ABOUT THE AUDIT.

>>> SENATE PRESIDENT KAREN FANN WANTS THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SENATE NEXT WEEK.

WE ASKED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

SUPERVISOR THANK YOU FOR A YOUR TIME.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS BEEN ASKED TO APPEAR AT A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE CAPITOL, REGARDING -- WHAT?

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT AFRAID OF GOING IN FRONT OF ANYWHERE, AND SHOWING HOW SAFE, SECURE, AND ACCURATE OUR ELECTION IS.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF SELECTED SENATORS, SOME OUTSIDE FOLKS, COMING TOGETHER AND TRYING TO CREATE A LEGITIMATE STANDING COMMITTEE.

DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN INVITED.

YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT EVEN SENATORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN A SHAM COMMITTEE HEARING OR SOMETHING THAT IS A DOG AND PONY SHOW, OR A WAY TO TRY TO POKE AT THE COUNTY AND THE HARD-WORKING ELECTIONS OFFICIALS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

THAT'S THE INVITE WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT.

I AM INTERESTED IN TELLING THE PUBLIC AND SHOWING HOW SAFE, SECURE, AND ACCURATE OUR ELECTIONS ARE.

>> PRESIDENT FANN SAYS AN ENTIRE DATABASE WAS DELETED.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?

>> THIS SHAM AUDIT -- AS IF OF US HAVE CALLED IT -- THIS IS A FAKE AUDIT.

YOU HAVE ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANTS THAT NOT PREPARED TO HANDLE THIS.

WE ARE PREPARED TO DEBUNK EVERY ONE OF THEIR ACCUSATIONS.

MANY ACCUSATIONS SHOW THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS.

MANY OF THEIR CLAIMS WERE CONSPIRACY, UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS.

ONCE AGAIN, IT IS JUST A WAY TO CONTINUE THE BIG LIE.

THE FACT IS OUR ELECTION IS SAFE, SECURE, AND ACCURATE.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO THROW ROCKS, BUT OUR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AND ACCURATE.

>> PRESIDENT FANN ALSO IS MAKING ALLEGATIONS THAT THE STORAGE WAS MISHANDLED.

>> WE TAKE THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF OUR BALLOTS VERY -- VERY SERIOUSLY.

I MEAN, WE HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS THAT REQUIRE US TO DO SO.

THESE ARE THE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS THAT WE ABIDE BY, THAT THE SENATE IS NOT ABIDING BY.

THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY.

THEY HAVE UNTRAINED FOLKS THAT ARE HANDLING THE BALLOTS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE CERTIFIED.

THEY GO THROUGH MONTHS OF TRAINING.

YOU HAVE FOLKS DOWN THERE AT THE VETERANS' MEMORIAL COLISEUM THAT ARE RIGHT OFF OF THE STREETS.

THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS IN THERE, AND THEY ARE MAN HANDLING THESE BALLOTS.

WE TAKE THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY VERY SERIOUSLY.

I WISH THE SENATE WOULD DO THE SAME.

UNFORTUNATELY SENATE PARTICIPATE FANN IS REALLY BEHIND THE 8-BALL WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE CONDUCT OUR ELECTIONS, BUT WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO DEBUNK ALL OF THESE CLAIMS.

THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE THAT IT TAKES, AND THEY HIRED CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE ANY LESS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

>> WE JUST SPOKE WITH KEN BENNETT, AND HE SAYS BECAUSE THIS ELECTION WAS SO CLOSE, THIS KIND OF AUDIT WAS NEEDED, AND SHOULD BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE ON THESE KINDS OF ELECTIONS.

I DON'T THINK HE QUITE GOT THE SAMPLE SIZE RIGHT, BUT BASICALLY HE WANTS A TIGHTER SAMPLE SIZE THAN WHAT PREVIOUS AUDITS HAVE SHOWN.

DOES HE HAVE A POINT?

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OPENING TO IF THE LEGISLATURE WANTS A WIDER SAMPLE SIDE, WE WON'T ARGUE WITH THAT.

THESE ARE THE LAWS THE SENATE HAS PASSED, AND WE'RE ABIDING BY THOSE LAWS.

WE HAVE HIRED TWO CONSULTANTS THAT ARE CERTIFIED BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION, TWO CONSULTANTS THAT THE SENATE WANTED TO HIRE, AND WE HIREDED TO DO AN AUDIT BACK IN FEBRUARY.

BUT THEY WEREN'T SATISFIED WITH ANY OF THE FORENSIC REVIEWS THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED.

WE HAVE DONE MORE ANALYSIS AND REVIEWS ON THE 2020 ELECTION, THAN WE HAVE EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF ELECTIONS IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

WE WELCOME THESE TYPES OF REVIEWS, BUT WE WANT THEM DONE BY EXPERIENCED CONSULTANTS AND IN OCCURRENCE TO STATE LAWS.

WE DON'T WANT FOLKS OFF OF THE STREET THAT CONTINUE TO CLAIM CONSPIRACY.

>> SIR, I HAVE TO ASK YOU THIS.

YOU KEEP SAYING WE DON'T WANT THIS, AND WE DON'T WANT THIS.

ARE YOU SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD?

I'M NOT HEARING FROM THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ON THIS.

>> I THINK WE HAVE BEEN UNITED ON OUR STANCE IN TERMS OF THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY, WHO IS REVIEWING THE BALLOTS, AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY CONDUCTING THE ACTUAL REVIEWS, THE PARAMETERS.

WE HAVE BEEN LOCK AND STEP.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A COUPLE OF HOURS TO TALK ABOUT SENATOR FANN'S LETTER, BUT NONETHELESS, WE STANDING UNITED ON HOW WE CONDUCT ELECTIONS.

OUR ELECTION WAS SAFE, SECURE, AND ACCURATE.

>> SUPERVISOR, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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