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Police in riot gear surround the Arizona Capitol after protesters reached the front of the Arizona Sentate building as protesters reacted to the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision Friday, June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Dueling narratives of Arizona protests ended with tear gas

By Jonathan J. Cooper and Bob Christie - Associated Press

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Cyber Ninjas, the inexperienced contractor hired to run a partisan review of the 2020 election on behalf of Republicans in the Arizona Senate, is scheduled to present its findings to top GOP lawmakers on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Election experts say the review, funded almost entirely by supporters of former President Donald Trump who have promoted false claims of fraud, was beset by problems and incompetence. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Draft of Arizona GOP’s vote review finds wider Biden win

By Bob Christie and Christina A. Cassidy - Associated Press

Former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett talks about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the Republican lead Arizona Senate at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, during a news conference Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Phoenix. The equipment used in the November election won by President Joe Biden and the 2.1 million ballots were moved to the site Thursday so Republicans in the state Senate who have expressed uncertainty that Biden's victory was legitimate can recount them and audit the results. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Ex-Arizona secretary of state to quit role in 2020 election audit

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Arizona Senate issues new subpoena for 2020 election audit

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Arizona election audit finds discrepancy, Senate president says: ‘Those numbers do not match’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The audit, ordered by the Arizona Senate, has the U.S. Department of Justice saying it is concerned about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool)

Arizona election auditors say they recovered ‘deleted’ data

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are fenced in a secure area as a box is delivered to be examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool) ** FILE **

Maricopa blasts Arizona Senate’s ‘lies and half-truths’ about 2020 election audit

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Cyber Ninjas owner Doug Logan, left, a Florida-based consultancy, talks about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the Republican lead Arizona Senate at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, as a Cyber Ninjas IT technician demonstrates a ballot scan during a news conference Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

DOJ: Arizona recount may violate federal law

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are being examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool)

US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Officials unload election equipment into the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the state fairgrounds, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Phoenix. Maricopa County officials began delivering equipment used in the November election won by President Joe Biden on Wednesday and will move 2.1 million ballots to the site Thursday so Republicans in the state Senate who have expressed uncertainty that Biden's victory was legitimate can recount them and audit the results. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Democrats sue to block “audit” of 2020 Arizona election

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. Arizona's Republican Senate president said Wednesday, March 10, 2021, she has narrowed the search for a firm to do a full audit of the 2020 election results in the state's most populous county and plans to invite Democrats to participate in the process. Still, nearly two weeks after a judge sided with the Senate in a fight over access to ballots and elections equipment from Maricopa County's election, Senate President Fann said there are many details still to be worked out. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

CEO of firm eyeing ballots appeared to make political posts

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. Arizona's Republican Senate president said Wednesday, March 10, 2021, she has narrowed the search for a firm to do a full audit of the 2020 election results in the state's most populous county and plans to invite Democrats to participate in the process. Still, nearly two weeks after a judge sided with the Senate in a fight over access to ballots and elections equipment from Maricopa County's election, Senate President Fann said there are many details still to be worked out. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Senate to hand-count 2.1 million Maricopa ballots

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Senate votes to raise Arizona’s low unemployment pay

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. Arizona's Republican Senate president said Wednesday, March 10, 2021, she has narrowed the search for a firm to do a full audit of the 2020 election results in the state's most populous county and plans to invite Democrats to participate in the process. Still, nearly two weeks after a judge sided with the Senate in a fight over access to ballots and elections equipment from Maricopa County's election, Senate President Fann said there are many details still to be worked out. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Senate working to set up Maricopa election audit

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Supporters of President Donald Trump pause in prayer at a rally outside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Senate can access Maricopa County ballots, judge rules

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

Judge rules Arizona Senate can access 2020 election ballots

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

House votes to raise Arizona’s low unemployment pay

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Legislature mulls raising Arizona’s low unemployment pay

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Maricopa County, Senate working to end election fight

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Arizona Senate to take up series of House measures Tuesday

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press