Forensic audits that Maricopa County commissioned to investigate the ballot tabulation machines used in the 2020 elections came back with a clean bill of health, finding no evidence of hacking, malware, vote switching or internet connectivity.
The county on Tuesday released the results of the two audits, which the Board of Supervisors ordered in response to widespread but baseless fraud claims and conspiracy theories alleging that the election was somehow rigged against former President Donald Trump. Many of those allegations involve Dominion Voting Systems, which provides the ballot tabulation machines used by Maricopa County.
The multi-layered forensic audit is comprised of three separate audits performed by two United States Elections Assistance Commission Voting System Testing Laboratories and a Certified Public Accounting Firm.
The audit of the tabulation equipment’s software and hardware was performing by two independent Voting System Testing Laboratories: Pro V&V and SLI Compliance. The firms were hired to:
Analyze election equipment software and hardware’s hacking vulnerability
Verify that no malicious malware was installed
Test that tabulators were not sending or receiving information over the internet
Confirm that no vote switching occurred
As an added measure of transparency, the Board hired a reputable Certified Public Accounting firm, Berry Dunn, to review county contracts with Dominion Voting Services and verify that the county leased the tabulation equipment according to state and county procurement regulations. That portion of the audit is expected to be completed by the end of the March.
Audit Results
Maricopa County’s election equipment and software passed all tests performed by two independent firms hired to conduct the forensic audit, according to reports by two federally certified Voting System Testing Laboratories.
