Republican-led Maricopa County released a report On Wednesday, it’s a point-by-point rebuttal to the flawed analysis, inaccurate claims and misleading conclusions they say appear in an Arizona Senate audit of the 2020 election.

Why is this important: Fueled by former President Trump’s baseless allegations of electoral fraud, the GOP-led audit degenerated into a fiasco last year. Despite no evidence of fraud and objections from the GOP-backed Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Senate refused to overturn it.

Details: Florida-based Cyber ​​Ninjas drew “mistaken and inaccurate conclusions” on more than 53,000 ballots in its tally of 2.1 million paper ballots, according to the 93-page report, prepared by the Maricopa County Election Department. These include allegations regarding voters who have moved, voter registration and duplication of ballots.

• “In total, we found less than 100 potentially questionable ballots out of 2.1 million. This is the very definition of exceptionally rare.”
• “None of these cases impacted the outcome of the races and a thorough review by our election professionals confirmed that there were no systemic issues related to the counting and processing of ballots in the event. November 2020 general election, “the authors noted in the report, titled:” Fixing the Record: Maricopa County’s In-Depth Analysis of Senate Inquiry. “
• An analysis of “anomalies” by EchoMail, another contractor that reviewed affidavit images from the first ballots, was based on a “misunderstanding of signature verification laws and practices.”
• The report also struck down charges by CyFIR, which examined election materials and claimed county staff intentionally deleted files and logs.

The big picture: Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan launched their own election audits but found few fraudulent votes, for example the Brennan Center for Justice.