By: Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/kaelan-deese
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs raised new concerns about the GOP-led Arizona Senate's audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County on Wednesday.
The Democrat, who has observers at the venue, said one of her experts saw a Wi-Fi router connected to audit servers on Tuesday, which could jeopardize the security of election information.
>>"There’s no way to ensure that ballot images, vote counts, & perhaps voter data weren’t connected to external networks or the internet," Hobbs said in a tweet.
Maricopa Arizona Audit, which asserts to be the official account for the 2020 election review, shot back: "No wireless was ever enabled."
>>"This was explicitly explained to the SoS observers on site. We are open to providing all passwords and access needed for a forensic investigation of the router if requested," the account added.
It is unclear who runs the account for the audit. Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who is the state Senate liaison for the audit, said earlier this week that volunteers are managing the Twitter account, opting not to reveal who runs the account due to privacy concerns.
Meanwhile, the audit team has been attempting to gain access to routers belonging to Maricopa County, claiming the routers were also part of the materials required to be turned into the Senate as part of a subpoena issued earlier this year.
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