The Arizona Senate’s recount of the 2020 election in Maricopa County proceeded without the watchful eyes of reporters. Arizona Republicans are conducting the recount even without any credible evidence of fraud or erroneous procedures. A Senate press briefing left crucial questions unanswered including details of how the recount will be conducted and who is paying for the recount. A reporter for the Arizona Republic could only get into the recount building as a volunteer working a six-hour shift and after tweeting information during a break was told she could no longer tweet during her shift. (AZ Mirror, April 23, 2021, by Jeremy Duda)
It is not known how the people doing the recount were chosen or their political leanings. The Senate is paying $150,000 to a Florida company for a report in 60 days, but the company CEO said there is outside funding as well, but no one knows its origin or the amount. Forbes, April 23, 2021, by Nicholas Reimann)