Maricopa County election officials ignored questions Friday about an 11-page report by an election integrity group that say they discovered 20,500 ballots were received by the Maricopa County Recorder’s office — and subsequently counted — after the legal deadline of 7 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2020. Only 934 of those ballots, the groups says, were rejected for lateness. Joe Biden was certified the winner of Arizona by 10,457 votes.
The Arizona Sun Times asked the recorder’s office several questions regarding the ballots, including why they had difficulty producing the ballot receipts for months; why the late ballots were tabulated; whether there were really only 934 ballots rejected for being late; and why there were no records indicating whether ballots received the day after the election were transferred to the Maricopa County Treasurer.
Maricopa County Communications Director Megan Gilbertson did not address the inquiries directly. Instead, she replied in part, “The 2020 election is over. We continue to stand by the integrity of our workers and the effective checks and balances in place that allow us to provide free, fair, and accurate elections.”
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In a statement, election integrity group Verity Vote said they submitted a public records request in October 2021 to the Maricopa County Recorder for receipts reflecting ballots that were submitted after the statutory deadline for the 2020 election. Seven months later, after a Maricopa County Deputy County Attorney got involved, the election officials produced the records.
