FOIA Number: AZ-SEN-21-0466

Arizona Senate Election Audit Records Previously Held by Cyber Ninjas

June 8, 2023
Records released by the Arizona Senate relating to the contractors involved in the "audit" of 2020 election ballots cast in Maricopa County. These records had previously been held by audit contractor Cyber Ninjas.

In the Documents: Emails Show Nationwide Network of Election Deniers Pushing for Election Audits

November 4, 2022
In the two years since the 2020 election, Trump-allied conspiracy theorists and voter-fraud alarmists across the country have led efforts to sow distrust in U.S. elections, pushing government officials to embrace false claims of widespread fraud, coordinating with other election deniers, and encouraging a parade of sham election audits and partisan investigations.  

Court Decision: American Oversight v. Arizona Senate — Maricopa County Audit Records

August 31, 2022
Arizona Supreme Court decision in American Oversight’s litigation against the Arizona Senate seeking the release of records concerning the “audit” of the November 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz. 

Complaint and Court Filings: American Oversight v. Arizona Senate – Maricopa County Audit Records

December 16, 2021
Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the Arizona Senate seeking the release of records concerning the "audit" of the November 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz.

Arizona Senate Records Regarding Maricopa County Election ‘Audit’

November 1, 2021
Records from the Arizona Senate in response to American Oversight’s lawsuit for materials related to the “audit” of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results.

American Oversight v. Arizona Senate – Arizona Supreme Court Denial of Senate Motion

September 14, 2021
Order from the Arizona Supreme Court leaving in place rulings from two lower courts that had determined that records in the physical custody of the company Cyber Ninjas — the lead contractor in the state Senate’s sham election "audit" — are public records and must be released.

American Oversight v. Arizona Senate – Denial of Motion to Stay

August 6, 2021
Minute entry from the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County denying a motion to stay requested by the Arizona Senate in American Oversight's litigation seeking documents related to the "audit" of 2020 election ballots. The court had previously ordered the Arizona Senate to immediately release records to American Oversight. The Senate sought a stay of that order, and that request was denied.

American Oversight v. Arizona Senate – Court Order to Produce Public Records and Related Minute Entry

August 2, 2021
Order from the Arizona Superior Court compelling the Arizona Senate to produce records to American Oversight in litigation concerning the “audit” of the November 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz.

American Oversight v. Arizona Senate – Proposed Order to Produce Public Records

July 19, 2021
Notice of proposed order and proposed order filed by American Oversight in litigation initially filed on May 19, 2021, against the Arizona Senate seeking the release of records concerning the "audit" of the November 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz.

Court Rejects Arizona Senate’s Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit for Records from Sham Election ‘Audit’

July 15, 2021
"It is difficult to conceive of a case with a more compelling public interest demanding public disclosure and public scrutiny," wrote the judge.