In Saturday’s letter, his office said it had received “hundreds of complaints” about how the county managed the Nov. 8 general election.

“While these complaints go beyond pure speculation, they do include first-hand eyewitness testimony that raises concerns about Maricopa’s legal compliance with Arizona’s election laws,” the office said. wrote Jennifer Wright, who heads the Election Integrity Unit at

“Furthermore, statements made by both Chairman (Bill) Gates and Recorder (Steven) Richer (of the Board of Supervisors) and information released by Maricopa County through its official channels of communication establish potential statutory violations of Title 16. Seemingly confirming. See state election laws. Gates and Richer are Republicans, and so is Brunovich.

Wright also hinted that the inquiry could delay the final determination of the election results.

“These issues relate to Maricopa County’s ability to legally prove election results,” she said. We hope to have an answer to her question by November 28th. State Office.

The letter already shows Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs, but argues that Republican voters are disenfranchised and the election results cannot be proven. Lake also said he is consulting with his lawyer about his options.

At the same time, the race for attorney general remains close, with Democrat Chris Mays leading Republican Abe Hamade on Sunday, winning 850 of the more than 2.5 million votes already tallied. Fewer than 3,400 votes were unsuccessful, all from Maricopa County.

Wright gave no indication that what her office ultimately found or reached would change the outcome of the race.

Fields Moseley, a spokesman for the county supervisor, said there would be no response until the board considered the request.A Richer spokesperson did not immediately respond.

Most of the issues Wright wants to address relate to Election Day issues at the county’s 60 vote centers.

Vote Centers allow all residents to go anywhere. It also means that individual ballots tailored for each voter must be printed on site.

But over 60 Vote Center printers produced ballots that were unreadable to on-site counters.

The problem was discovered within an hour of the 6am opening. However, it took me until the afternoon to discover that the problem was related to the printer’s fuser. The fuser was heated to fuse the toner to the paper and was not set high enough. This is an issue that did not exist in early voting centers.

As a result, people were told they had two options. Either go to another polling place or put your ballot in tabulator “Door 3” and take it to the Central Elections Office to be counted at the end of the day.

The result was long lines as people repeatedly tried to get the tallyers to read their ballots. We also followed the recommendation of Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelly Ward to keep ballots out of Door 3.

Wright said in the letter that both options pose problems.

Gates said he told people who had checked into a polling place using the e-Pollbook, a computer tablet used to check in voters. Wright said an affidavit filed with her agency showed that wasn’t happening.

“Not only did polling place workers report that they were not trained and/or provided information on how to perform the ‘checkout’ procedure, many voters reported that they were Voters are reporting provisional ballots must be cast as electronic ballots. The ballot book maintained that voters voted at their original polling place,” Wright said, adding that Arizona law counts these provisional ballots if the record shows multiple sign-ins. He pointed out that it is expressly prohibited to do so.

That raises the question of how many of those votes were not counted. Wright wants a detailed report of all voters affected.

Door 3’s problem is different. She said there is evidence that the county did not follow legal guidelines in separating, counting, counting and shipping those ballots.

“In fact, Maricopa County has admitted that some polling places had their Door 3 uncounted ballots mixed up with ballots that were counted at the polling place,” Wright said. . He bagged over 1,700 Door 3 uncounted ballots from one polling place in a black duffel meant to be used for tallied ballots. “

County officials acknowledged the problem at a media briefing. .

But Wright doesn’t know how many ballots were mixed up, how many were put in black duffel bags, when and how the county became aware of the problem, and how it was ultimately resolved. want to know

The New York Times reported Saturday that it was investigating complaints from some Lake supporters who had Election Day issues at polling places in the Phoenix area. But the paper found that most people were able to vote.

Brnovic, meanwhile, has yet to issue a final report in an ongoing investigation into how the county handled the 2020 election.

In an interim report earlier this year, Brnovic said he had found several instances of people violating laws that generally precluded someone from processing early voting for other people. , housemates and caregivers are exceptions.

Several have been indicted and convicted.

He also made recommendations regarding changes to state laws and election procedures.

But the attorney general said he found no evidence that the election results were rigged or that Donald Trump won the popular vote.

And in August, Brnovich debunked the allegations in an “audit” conducted by Cyber ​​Ninjas, which hired Senate Speaker Karen Fann to investigate the 2020 election.

“Our agents have investigated all individuals who have reported cyber ninja deaths,” he said.

These findings came just before the Republican primary election in which Brnovic ran for U.S. Senate. he came in his third place. The race was won by Blake Masters, who later lost to incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly.

And just before this year’s general election, Brunovich called Republicans’ claims that the 2020 election was stolen “absurd,” and on “60 Minutes” he said, “Are you taking off my shoes from last year? I was trying to scrape it off,” he said.

Joe Biden won the state’s 11 electoral votes by 10,457 votes.

Brnovic also called Lake’s denial of the election results a “great frustration.”