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OCUMENT OVERVIEW
This document includes the Executive Summary of the Maricopa County Forensic Audit, a listing of findings within theFindings Summary, as well as Recommendations based on our work in the audit.For more details about the Methodology & Operations of the au
dit, please see “Maricopa County Forensic Audit –
Volume II
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Methodology and Operations
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.For more details about the Findings of the report, or to review the results from the hand-tallying of the 2.1 million
ballots, please see “Maricopa County Forensic Audit –
Volume III
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UMMARY
The preamble to our Constitution reminds us that our nation is always pursuing greater perfection, seeking to establish
“… a more perfect Union” so that we can “...secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”. Nothing is
more essential in establishing liberty than free and fair elections. To that end, Cyber Ninjas was engaged by the ArizonaSenate to audit the 2020 General Election and determine the outcome of the election and in what areas legislativereform is required to ensure that our elections are indeed free and fair in the future.This audit has been the most comprehensive and complex election audit ever conducted. It involved the hand countingof 2.1 million ballots, a forensic paper inspection of them, a forensic review of the voting machines, and most important,an in-depth analysis of the voter rolls and the 2020 General Election final files.Many of the issues in the election can be traced back to two primary causative factors: mail-in voting and impropervoter registration management. More than 80% of the ballots cast in Maricopa were via mail.
The guarantee of the secret ballot is not only a right that applies to the voter themself, but it is also a right
guaranteed to the rest of those voting in the election that that person’s ballot is secret and therefore
cannot havecome under any undue influence.
Mail-in voting eliminates secrecy in voting as it is impossible to control or know whoa voter shares their ballot with and what is done with it prior to it being mailed-in or dropped off.57,734 ballots with serious issues were identified in the audit. These issues include improper voter registration,improper votes, and discrepancies in the registration. This is a conservative estimate, as there were other identifiedproblems that were not quantified nor included in that total, likely resulting in a much larger number of flawed ballots.Additional issues identified: backdated registrations, multiple voter registrations linked to the same voter affidavit,voters without records in a commercial database, and printing defects rendering thousands of ballots as suspicious.In the 2020 presidential election, the margin of victory was only 10,457 votes, a small fraction of the 57,734 ballots withknown issues. Again, this is almost 6 times the margin of victory in the Presidential race and is multiples of the margin ofvictory in other races. Based on these factual findings,
the election should not be certified, and the reported results arenot reliable.
Major issues identified:
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There were more than 10,000 double votes across county lines
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Tens of thousands of ballots cast from individuals who had moved prior to the election and could not havephysically received their ballots, legally.
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None of the systems related to elections integrity had numbers that would balance and agree with eachother.
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The voter rolls and the registration management process itself have many data integrity issues. For instance,over 200 individuals were easily identifiable as likely being the same person but having two different VoterIDs and voting twice in the election.
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Without access to the County’s detailed records including personally identifiable information and
registration systems it is more likely there were many tens of thousands of improper votes in theelection from double voters, deceased voters, voters for which we can find no trace in the public recordsnor association to their voting address, moved voters, etc.
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Proper voter registration law and procedures were not followed.
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There were unexplained large purges of registered voters, right after the election, of people who hadvoted in the election.
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There was back dating of registrations, adjustments made to historical voting and voter records,unexplained linking of voter registration affidavits to multiple voters and more.
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Files were missing from the Election Management System (EMS) Server.
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Ballot images on the EMS were corrupt or missing.
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Logs appeared to be intentionally rolled over, and all the data in the database related to the 2020 GeneralElection had been fully cleared.
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On the ballot side, batches were not always clearly delineated, duplicated ballots were missing the requiredserial numbers, originals were duplicated more than once, and the Auditors were never provided Chain-of-Custody documentation for the ballots for the time-
period prior to the ballot’s movement into the Auditors’
care. This all increased the complexity and difficulty in properly auditing the results.
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There were substantial statistically significant anomalies identified in the ratio of hand-folded ballots, on-demand printed ballots, as well as a statistically significant increase in provisional ballot rejections for a mail-in ballot already being cast, suggestive of mail-in ballots being cast for voters without their knowledge.The 2005 Report on Federal Election Reform, which was an effort led by democrats, stated the following regarding mail-in voting:
“While vote by mail appears to increase turnout for local elections there is no evidence that it significantly
expands participation in federal elections. Moreover it raises concerns about privacy as citizens voting at home
may come under pressure to vote for certain candidates and it increases the risk of fraud.”
Managing an election conducted almost entirely by mail is a difficult endeavor and raises numerous issues which wouldbe much less likely to occur if most voting was in-person.Had Maricopa County chosen to cooperate with the audit, many of the obstacles faced in the audit could have beenovercome. By the County withholding subpoena items, their unwillingness to answer questions as is normal betweenauditor and auditee, and in some cases actively interfering with audit research, the County prevented a complete audit.This did not stop the primary goal of offering recommendations for legislative reform to the Arizona Senate, but it didleave many questions open as to the way and manner that the 2020 General Election was conducted.
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UMMARY
The following is a list of findings covered within the report. Details on all these findings as well as the results of the hand-tallying can be found in the document
“Maricopa County Forensic Audit –
Volume III
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Results Details”.
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NOTE: Ballots Impacted is intended to give a gauge on the potential impact for the finding. While it is based on thenumber of ballots impacted by the finding, it is not generally expected that any single finding would completely favor acandidate. In many cases there could be legitimate and legal votes within the Ballots Impact amount. For more details,please see the write-up for the finding within Volume III.
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Finding Name PhaseBallotsImpactedSeverity
Mail-in Ballots Voted from Prior Address Voter History 23,344 CriticalPotential Voters that Voted in Multiple Counties Voter History 10,342 CriticalMore Ballots Returned by Voter Than Received Certified Results 9,041 HighElection Management System Database Purged Voting Machine N/A HighElection Files Deleted Voting Machine N/A HighCorrupt Ballot Images Voting Machine N/A HighOfficial Results Does Not Match Who Voted Certified Results 3,432 MediumMore Duplicates Than Original Ballots Ballot 2,592 MediumIn-Person Voters Who Had Moved out of Maricopa County Certified Results 2,382 MediumVoters Moved Out-of-State During 29-Day Period ProceedingElectionVoter History 2,081 MediumMissing Ballot Images Voting Machine N/A MediumFailure to Follow Basic Cyber Security Practices Voting Machine N/A MediumSubpoenaed Equipment Not Provided Voting Machine N/A MediumAnonymous Logins Voting Machine N/A MediumDual Boot System Discovered Voting Machine N/A MediumEMS Operating System Logs Not Preserved Voting Machine N/A MediumVotes Counted in Excess of Voters Who Voted Certified results 836 LowVoters not part of the Official Precinct Register Voter History 618 LowBallots Returned Not in the Final Voted File Certified Results 527 LowDuplicated Ballots Incorrect & Missing Serial Numbers Ballot 500 LowMail-In Ballot Received without Record of Being Sent Certified Results 397 LowVoters With Incomplete Names Voter History 393 LowDeceased Voters Voter History 282 LowAudit UOCAVA Count Does Not Match the EAC Count Ballots 226 LowLate Registered Voters with Counted Votes Voter History 198 LowDate of Registration Changes to Earlier Date Voter History 194 LowDuplicate Voter IDs Voter History 186 LowMultiple Voters Linked by AFFSEQ Voter History 101 LowDouble Scanned & Counted Ballots Ballot 50 LowUOCAVA Electronic Ballots Double Counted Ballot 6 LowDuplicate Ballots Reuse Serial Numbers Ballot 6 LowEMS Operating System Logs Not Preserved Voter History N/A LowElection Data Found from Other States Voter History N/A LowAudit Interference Ballot N/A InformationalBatch Discrepancies Ballot N/A InformationalCommingled Damaged and Original Ballots Ballot N/A InformationalEarly Votes Not Accounted for In EV33 Certified Results N/A InformationalHigh Bleed-Through Rates on Ballots Ballot N/A InformationalImproper Paper Utilized Ballot N/A InformationalInaccurate Identification of UOCAVA Ballots Ballot N/A Informational
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Missing Subpoena Items Ballot N/A InformationalNo Record of Voters in Commercial Database Voter History N/A InformationalOut of Calibration Ballot Printers Ballot N/A InformationalReal-Time Provisional Ballots Voter History N/A InformationalVoter Registration System Audit Access Voter History N/A InformationalQuestionable Ballots Ballot N/A Informational
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ECOMMENDATIONS
The following sections outline the key recommendations that were determined over the course of this audit.
4.1
Elimination of Universal Mail in Voting
Universal Mail-in Voting statutes should be repealed, and absentee ballots only allowed in the strictest of circumstancesfor military personnel stationed outside of Arizona as well as doctor verified individuals who are not physically able tomake it to a polling location.
4.2
Result Reconciliation
Legislation should be considered that does not allow an election to be certified until the Official Canvas and the FinalVoted File is fully reconciled. Furthermore, full records for every ballot sent, ballot received, ballot rejected, and ballotvoided should have to be fully reconciled within a defined period after the election.
4.3
Voter Registration
Legislation should be
enacted that centralizes voter registration at the state level tied into the State’s motor vehicle and
identification system ensuring that voters are registered under their full legal name and that they have only a singleresidential address with the state and one mailing address if applicable.
4.4
Voter Rolls
Legislation should be enacted
that links voter roll registration to changes in driver’s licenses or other state identification,
as well as requiring the current voter rolls be validated against the United States Postal Service (USPS) National Changeof Address (NCOA) at a predefined period prior to every election. Any voter roll software should validate that there isonly one entry in the state database per
identification number, such as a driver’s licens
e number.
Laws already exist for interstate reporting of changes in residence, addresses, and driver’s licenses. Tying voter roll
registration to these forms of identification would greatly increase the likelihood that voter registration details would bekept up to date. Individuals are much more likely to remember their license needs to be updated immediately than voterregistration, and since most states now offer the ability to register to vote when getting a license, license updates couldalso update voter rolls.It is recommended that the voter rolls be validated against the NCOA both 30 days or more prior to the election, inaddition to a week before absentee ballots are sent out, along with requiring absentee voters to register prior to everyelection. This check would not be utilized to purge the rolls, but to validate that an absentee ballot should be sent priorto that ballot going out..
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In addition, legislation should be considered to require the voter rolls to periodically be compared against ERIC, the
Social Security’s Master Death List, or other commercially available tools that gives access to this information. Failure to
do this at least once a year should come with financial penalties.
4.5
Election Software
Legislation should be considered that would require applications developed and utilized for voter rolls or voting to bedeveloped to rigorous standards that ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the systems. Specifically, itsrecommended that the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Application Security Verification Standard(ASVS) Level 3 be applied to all applications associated with voter rolls or voting and that it be required that this be fullyvalidation no less than once every two years. Part of this testing should be explicitly testing a programming interfaceaccess to validate that no external party has the capability to manipulate the voter rolls.Furthermore, it should be required that whoever builds the software be required to rotate vendors doing the OWASPASVS Level 3 assessment a minimum of once every four years, with a rotation of no less than three vendors beforereturning back to a vendor utilized in the past.The vendor who performs this work must be willing to attest that their assessment fully covered the ASVS Level 3requirements that there are no critical or high vulnerabilities detected, and that there is a remediation plan for anymoderate risk vulnerabilities.
4.6
Voting Machines
Legislation should be considered that would prohibit connecting tabulators, or the Election Management System Serversor similar equipment from being connected to the internet or any other mechanism that could allow remote access tothese systems.Furthermore, County employees should have access to all administrative functions of all election equipment and havesufficient access to independently validate any configuration items on the device without requiring the involvement ofany 3
rd
party vendor.In addition, electronic voting machines must always have a paper backup of all ballots which can be used to confirm thatvotes were cast as intended; and these machines must be regularly maintained according to the vendors recommendedmaintenance schedule. Failing to do so should have a financial impact on the County.Legislation should be considered that would require that paper stocks utilized on election day should conform tomanufacturer recommendations to ensure that the paper that has been tested in the device is what is actually utilized tocast votes.
4.7
Election Audits
Legislation should be considered that creates an election audit department in charge of regularly conducting audits on arotating basis across all counties in Arizona after elections. This department should validate that the County follows allprocesses and procedures outlined in the Elections Procedure Manual (EPM) and have the ability to financially impactthe County for repetitive EPM failures, or other failures that make auditing more difficult.Legislation should be considered that requires batches of ballots to be clearly labeled, separated from each other in amanner where they cannot easily mix together, and easily connected to the batches run through the tabulation
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equipment for easy auditing of the system. Failure to follow these practices should have financial implications for theCounty.Legislation should be considered with have financial and criminal penalties for purposely inhibiting a legislativeinvestigation, or an officially sanction audit of an election.
4.8
Ballots
Legislation should be considered that will make ballot images and the Cast Vote Record artifacts from an election that ispublicly published within a few days of the results being certified for increased transparency and accountability in theelection process.Legislation should further be considered that would require all ballots to be cast on paper by hand utilizing paper withsecurity features such as watermarks or similar technology; with a detailed accounting of what paper(s) and thequantities utilized for any given election cycl
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OCUMENT OVERVIEW
This document includes the Executive Summary of the Maricopa County Forensic Audit, a listing of findings within theFindings Summary, as well as Recommendations based on our work in the audit.For more details about the Methodology & Operations of the au
dit, please see “Maricopa County Forensic Audit –
Volume II
–
Methodology and Operations
”
.For more details about the Findings of the report, or to review the results from the hand-tallying of the 2.1 million
ballots, please see “Maricopa County Forensic Audit –
Volume III
–
Result Details”.
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UMMARY
The preamble to our Constitution reminds us that our nation is always pursuing greater perfection, seeking to establish
“… a more perfect Union” so that we can “...secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”. Nothing is
more essential in establishing liberty than free and fair elections. To that end, Cyber Ninjas was engaged by the ArizonaSenate to audit the 2020 General Election and determine the outcome of the election and in what areas legislativereform is required to ensure that our elections are indeed free and fair in the future.This audit has been the most comprehensive and complex election audit ever conducted. It involved the hand countingof 2.1 million ballots, a forensic paper inspection of them, a forensic review of the voting machines, and most important,an in-depth analysis of the voter rolls and the 2020 General Election final files.Many of the issues in the election can be traced back to two primary causative factors: mail-in voting and impropervoter registration management. More than 80% of the ballots cast in Maricopa were via mail.
The guarantee of the secret ballot is not only a right that applies to the voter themself, but it is also a right
guaranteed to the rest of those voting in the election that that person’s ballot is secret and therefore
cannot havecome under any undue influence.
Mail-in voting eliminates secrecy in voting as it is impossible to control or know whoa voter shares their ballot with and what is done with it prior to it being mailed-in or dropped off.57,734 ballots with serious issues were identified in the audit. These issues include improper voter registration,improper votes, and discrepancies in the registration. This is a conservative estimate, as there were other identifiedproblems that were not quantified nor included in that total, likely resulting in a much larger number of flawed ballots.Additional issues identified: backdated registrations, multiple voter registrations linked to the same voter affidavit,voters without records in a commercial database, and printing defects rendering thousands of ballots as suspicious.In the 2020 presidential election, the margin of victory was only 10,457 votes, a small fraction of the 57,734 ballots withknown issues. Again, this is almost 6 times the margin of victory in the Presidential race and is multiples of the margin ofvictory in other races. Based on these factual findings,
the election should not be certified, and the reported results arenot reliable.
Major issues identified:
•
There were more than 10,000 double votes across county lines
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Tens of thousands of ballots cast from individuals who had moved prior to the election and could not havephysically received their ballots, legally.
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None of the systems related to elections integrity had numbers that would balance and agree with eachother.
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The voter rolls and the registration management process itself have many data integrity issues. For instance,over 200 individuals were easily identifiable as likely being the same person but having two different VoterIDs and voting twice in the election.
o
Without access to the County’s detailed records including personally identifiable information and
registration systems it is more likely there were many tens of thousands of improper votes in theelection from double voters, deceased voters, voters for which we can find no trace in the public recordsnor association to their voting address, moved voters, etc.
•
Proper voter registration law and procedures were not followed.
o
There were unexplained large purges of registered voters, right after the election, of people who hadvoted in the election.
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There was back dating of registrations, adjustments made to historical voting and voter records,unexplained linking of voter registration affidavits to multiple voters and more.
•
Files were missing from the Election Management System (EMS) Server.
•
Ballot images on the EMS were corrupt or missing.
•
Logs appeared to be intentionally rolled over, and all the data in the database related to the 2020 GeneralElection had been fully cleared.
•
On the ballot side, batches were not always clearly delineated, duplicated ballots were missing the requiredserial numbers, originals were duplicated more than once, and the Auditors were never provided Chain-of-Custody documentation for the ballots for the time-
period prior to the ballot’s movement into the Auditors’
care. This all increased the complexity and difficulty in properly auditing the results.
•
There were substantial statistically significant anomalies identified in the ratio of hand-folded ballots, on-demand printed ballots, as well as a statistically significant increase in provisional ballot rejections for a mail-in ballot already being cast, suggestive of mail-in ballots being cast for voters without their knowledge.The 2005 Report on Federal Election Reform, which was an effort led by democrats, stated the following regarding mail-in voting:
“While vote by mail appears to increase turnout for local elections there is no evidence that it significantly
expands participation in federal elections. Moreover it raises concerns about privacy as citizens voting at home
may come under pressure to vote for certain candidates and it increases the risk of fraud.”
Managing an election conducted almost entirely by mail is a difficult endeavor and raises numerous issues which wouldbe much less likely to occur if most voting was in-person.Had Maricopa County chosen to cooperate with the audit, many of the obstacles faced in the audit could have beenovercome. By the County withholding subpoena items, their unwillingness to answer questions as is normal betweenauditor and auditee, and in some cases actively interfering with audit research, the County prevented a complete audit.This did not stop the primary goal of offering recommendations for legislative reform to the Arizona Senate, but it didleave many questions open as to the way and manner that the 2020 General Election was conducted.
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UMMARY
The following is a list of findings covered within the report. Details on all these findings as well as the results of the hand-tallying can be found in the document
“Maricopa County Forensic Audit –
Volume III
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Results Details”.
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NOTE: Ballots Impacted is intended to give a gauge on the potential impact for the finding. While it is based on thenumber of ballots impacted by the finding, it is not generally expected that any single finding would completely favor acandidate. In many cases there could be legitimate and legal votes within the Ballots Impact amount. For more details,please see the write-up for the finding within Volume III.
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Finding Name PhaseBallotsImpactedSeverity
Mail-in Ballots Voted from Prior Address Voter History 23,344 CriticalPotential Voters that Voted in Multiple Counties Voter History 10,342 CriticalMore Ballots Returned by Voter Than Received Certified Results 9,041 HighElection Management System Database Purged Voting Machine N/A HighElection Files Deleted Voting Machine N/A HighCorrupt Ballot Images Voting Machine N/A HighOfficial Results Does Not Match Who Voted Certified Results 3,432 MediumMore Duplicates Than Original Ballots Ballot 2,592 MediumIn-Person Voters Who Had Moved out of Maricopa County Certified Results 2,382 MediumVoters Moved Out-of-State During 29-Day Period ProceedingElectionVoter History 2,081 MediumMissing Ballot Images Voting Machine N/A MediumFailure to Follow Basic Cyber Security Practices Voting Machine N/A MediumSubpoenaed Equipment Not Provided Voting Machine N/A MediumAnonymous Logins Voting Machine N/A MediumDual Boot System Discovered Voting Machine N/A MediumEMS Operating System Logs Not Preserved Voting Machine N/A MediumVotes Counted in Excess of Voters Who Voted Certified results 836 LowVoters not part of the Official Precinct Register Voter History 618 LowBallots Returned Not in the Final Voted File Certified Results 527 LowDuplicated Ballots Incorrect & Missing Serial Numbers Ballot 500 LowMail-In Ballot Received without Record of Being Sent Certified Results 397 LowVoters With Incomplete Names Voter History 393 LowDeceased Voters Voter History 282 LowAudit UOCAVA Count Does Not Match the EAC Count Ballots 226 LowLate Registered Voters with Counted Votes Voter History 198 LowDate of Registration Changes to Earlier Date Voter History 194 LowDuplicate Voter IDs Voter History 186 LowMultiple Voters Linked by AFFSEQ Voter History 101 LowDouble Scanned & Counted Ballots Ballot 50 LowUOCAVA Electronic Ballots Double Counted Ballot 6 LowDuplicate Ballots Reuse Serial Numbers Ballot 6 LowEMS Operating System Logs Not Preserved Voter History N/A LowElection Data Found from Other States Voter History N/A LowAudit Interference Ballot N/A InformationalBatch Discrepancies Ballot N/A InformationalCommingled Damaged and Original Ballots Ballot N/A InformationalEarly Votes Not Accounted for In EV33 Certified Results N/A InformationalHigh Bleed-Through Rates on Ballots Ballot N/A InformationalImproper Paper Utilized Ballot N/A InformationalInaccurate Identification of UOCAVA Ballots Ballot N/A Informational
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Missing Subpoena Items Ballot N/A InformationalNo Record of Voters in Commercial Database Voter History N/A InformationalOut of Calibration Ballot Printers Ballot N/A InformationalReal-Time Provisional Ballots Voter History N/A InformationalVoter Registration System Audit Access Voter History N/A InformationalQuestionable Ballots Ballot N/A Informational
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ECOMMENDATIONS
The following sections outline the key recommendations that were determined over the course of this audit.
4.1
Elimination of Universal Mail in Voting
Universal Mail-in Voting statutes should be repealed, and absentee ballots only allowed in the strictest of circumstancesfor military personnel stationed outside of Arizona as well as doctor verified individuals who are not physically able tomake it to a polling location.
4.2
Result Reconciliation
Legislation should be considered that does not allow an election to be certified until the Official Canvas and the FinalVoted File is fully reconciled. Furthermore, full records for every ballot sent, ballot received, ballot rejected, and ballotvoided should have to be fully reconciled within a defined period after the election.
4.3
Voter Registration
Legislation should be
enacted that centralizes voter registration at the state level tied into the State’s motor vehicle and
identification system ensuring that voters are registered under their full legal name and that they have only a singleresidential address with the state and one mailing address if applicable.
4.4
Voter Rolls
Legislation should be enacted
that links voter roll registration to changes in driver’s licenses or other state identification,
as well as requiring the current voter rolls be validated against the United States Postal Service (USPS) National Changeof Address (NCOA) at a predefined period prior to every election. Any voter roll software should validate that there isonly one entry in the state database per
identification number, such as a driver’s licens
e number.
Laws already exist for interstate reporting of changes in residence, addresses, and driver’s licenses. Tying voter roll
registration to these forms of identification would greatly increase the likelihood that voter registration details would bekept up to date. Individuals are much more likely to remember their license needs to be updated immediately than voterregistration, and since most states now offer the ability to register to vote when getting a license, license updates couldalso update voter rolls.It is recommended that the voter rolls be validated against the NCOA both 30 days or more prior to the election, inaddition to a week before absentee ballots are sent out, along with requiring absentee voters to register prior to everyelection. This check would not be utilized to purge the rolls, but to validate that an absentee ballot should be sent priorto that ballot going out..
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In addition, legislation should be considered to require the voter rolls to periodically be compared against ERIC, the
Social Security’s Master Death List, or other commercially available tools that gives access to this information. Failure to
do this at least once a year should come with financial penalties.
4.5
Election Software
Legislation should be considered that would require applications developed and utilized for voter rolls or voting to bedeveloped to rigorous standards that ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the systems. Specifically, itsrecommended that the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Application Security Verification Standard(ASVS) Level 3 be applied to all applications associated with voter rolls or voting and that it be required that this be fullyvalidation no less than once every two years. Part of this testing should be explicitly testing a programming interfaceaccess to validate that no external party has the capability to manipulate the voter rolls.Furthermore, it should be required that whoever builds the software be required to rotate vendors doing the OWASPASVS Level 3 assessment a minimum of once every four years, with a rotation of no less than three vendors beforereturning back to a vendor utilized in the past.The vendor who performs this work must be willing to attest that their assessment fully covered the ASVS Level 3requirements that there are no critical or high vulnerabilities detected, and that there is a remediation plan for anymoderate risk vulnerabilities.
4.6
Voting Machines
Legislation should be considered that would prohibit connecting tabulators, or the Election Management System Serversor similar equipment from being connected to the internet or any other mechanism that could allow remote access tothese systems.Furthermore, County employees should have access to all administrative functions of all election equipment and havesufficient access to independently validate any configuration items on the device without requiring the involvement ofany 3
rd
party vendor.In addition, electronic voting machines must always have a paper backup of all ballots which can be used to confirm thatvotes were cast as intended; and these machines must be regularly maintained according to the vendors recommendedmaintenance schedule. Failing to do so should have a financial impact on the County.Legislation should be considered that would require that paper stocks utilized on election day should conform tomanufacturer recommendations to ensure that the paper that has been tested in the device is what is actually utilized tocast votes.
4.7
Election Audits
Legislation should be considered that creates an election audit department in charge of regularly conducting audits on arotating basis across all counties in Arizona after elections. This department should validate that the County follows allprocesses and procedures outlined in the Elections Procedure Manual (EPM) and have the ability to financially impactthe County for repetitive EPM failures, or other failures that make auditing more difficult.Legislation should be considered that requires batches of ballots to be clearly labeled, separated from each other in amanner where they cannot easily mix together, and easily connected to the batches run through the tabulation
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equipment for easy auditing of the system. Failure to follow these practices should have financial implications for theCounty.Legislation should be considered with have financial and criminal penalties for purposely inhibiting a legislativeinvestigation, or an officially sanction audit of an election.
4.8
Ballots
Legislation should be considered that will make ballot images and the Cast Vote Record artifacts from an election that ispublicly published within a few days of the results being certified for increased transparency and accountability in theelection process.Legislation should further be considered that would require all ballots to be cast on paper by hand utilizing paper withsecurity features such as watermarks or similar technology; with a detailed accounting of what paper(s) and thequantities utilized for any given election cycl
Another cheating method that many are missing in their summaries
[h=1]Exclusive: Pattern Identified in Arizona Audit Mirrors Michigan Scandal Revealed in DetroitLeaks Tapes on Provisional Ballots[/h]
The Arizona Secretary of State Elections Procedures Manual identifies circumstances that require the issuance of a Provisional Ballot. If a voter appears in the e-pollbook or signature roster as having received an early ballot by mail, but the voter wants to vote in person on Election Day, that voter must be issued a Provisional Ballot. However, Maricopa County reported 58,550 voters who had received mail ballots but were issued standard ballots on Election Day. The County identifies these as “real-time Provisional Ballots.” There is no mention of real-time provisional in the AZ Elections Procedures Manual. In fact, the EPM specifically addresses this circumstance and is clear that such voters must be issued a Provisional ballot.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...scandal-fraudulent-votes-provisional-ballots/
[h=1]Exclusive: Pattern Identified in Arizona Audit Mirrors Michigan Scandal Revealed in DetroitLeaks Tapes on Provisional Ballots[/h]
The Arizona Secretary of State Elections Procedures Manual identifies circumstances that require the issuance of a Provisional Ballot. If a voter appears in the e-pollbook or signature roster as having received an early ballot by mail, but the voter wants to vote in person on Election Day, that voter must be issued a Provisional Ballot. However, Maricopa County reported 58,550 voters who had received mail ballots but were issued standard ballots on Election Day. The County identifies these as “real-time Provisional Ballots.” There is no mention of real-time provisional in the AZ Elections Procedures Manual. In fact, the EPM specifically addresses this circumstance and is clear that such voters must be issued a Provisional ballot.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...scandal-fraudulent-votes-provisional-ballots/
[h=1]Audit Report Released To AZ Senate in Phoenix, AZ 92421[/h] https://rumble.com/vmyad9-audit-report-released-to-az-senate-in-phoenix-az-92421.html
Still makes me laugh how after an audit, a few of you STILL cant wrap around the fact that Trump lost the State of ARizona.
And guess what fools? He aint gonna win those other states where they'll have potential audits.
Maybe its time to do something more valuable with your time than to keep reviewing a lost cause.
But dont worry, keep sending your hard earned (or govt issued checks) to the MAGA campaign b/c your boy needs you (well, he needs your money and he is fooling you out of it)
but keep watching OAN and Newsmax. They love you guys for their ratings
And guess what fools? He aint gonna win those other states where they'll have potential audits.
Maybe its time to do something more valuable with your time than to keep reviewing a lost cause.
But dont worry, keep sending your hard earned (or govt issued checks) to the MAGA campaign b/c your boy needs you (well, he needs your money and he is fooling you out of it)
but keep watching OAN and Newsmax. They love you guys for their ratings
Those Amazon packages remind me of my front doorstep every damn day.If by Trump lost you mean he was cheated then you are correct
If by Biden won you mean by cheating then you are correct
All they denying in the world wont change the truth commie.
you probably like them also since u seem like a porch pirate
