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Rachel Leingang in Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona county approves plan to hand-count ballots following Trump’s big lie

Ballots cast in the 2020 general election examined and recounted by contractors working for Cyber Ninjas in Arizona.
Ballots cast in the 2020 general election examined and recounted by contractors working for Cyber Ninjas in Arizona. Photograph: Matt York/AP

A small border county in Arizona voted to conduct a hand count audit of all ballots, disregarding legal warnings from the county’s attorney and threats of lawsuits and investigations.

The decision creates a wave of uncertainty for elections workers in the county just two weeks before election day and with early voting, the primary way Arizonans cast ballots, already underway.

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