An Arizona state senator said he will issue subpoenas for an audit of Dominion Voting Systems machines used in Maricopa County.
Following a virtual hearing on Monday in which officials defended the integrity of the 2020 election, Eddie Farnsworth, a Republican who is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said a review of voting equipment and software would serve to “see if we can reinsert some confidence in our election process,” according to the Arizona Daily Star.
President Trump and his allies claim Dominion machines allowed for votes to be improperly switched to President-elect Joe Biden. Dominion Voting Systems, whose machines were used in Maricopa and in other places across the country, has vociferously denied the allegations about the company being involved in a massive voter fraud scheme, billing them as being part of a “disinformation” effort.
Farnsworth insisted an audit “can put this to rest” and said he could send out subpoenas as early as Tuesday. The Washington Examiner reached out to Dominion for comment.
In a lawsuit in Antrim, Michigan, a judge on Monday allowed the release of a report from a forensic analysis of Dominion equipment by a cyberfirm, Allied Security Operations Group, which has assisted Trump and his allies in their largely unsuccessful ventures in court to overturn the results in battleground states. Michigan state and company officials are disputing the report that said the equipment “is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results.”
The Electoral College certified President-elect Joe Biden’s victory on Monday, but the GOP in some states won by the Democrat, including Arizona, convened their own electors for Trump. Election law experts say these votes have no legal meaning, but participating Republicans say they are preparing for the possibility of results being overturned in court, and Arizona lawmakers called on Congress to accept the alternative slate of 11 electors or nullify the electoral votes until a full forensic audit can be conducted.
