According to the regulator “Media Matters”, there may be “QAnon issues” in Arizona’s review of the 2020 presidential election vote.

The state’s Republican-controlled Senate reviewed approximately 2.1 million votes in Maricopa County in April, after Democrats made unfounded claims about voter fraud a few months ago. President Donald Trump, They said his supporters and fringe organizations made him elected.

Joe Biden (Joe Biden) was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Arizona since 1996, winning by a margin of approximately 10,000 out of 3.3 million votes, which contributed to Biden’s electoral college victory.

The ballots and computer hard drives containing data about the vote count were seized and handed over to Cyber ??Ninjas, which was selected by the company to oversee the audit. Arizona Senate.

According to the Associated Press, the online ninja has “no election experience” and is run by Doug Logan.

Many of these theories are based on QAnon, A series of conspiracy theories surrounding the concept of Trump were selected to fight a free “deep country” group that collects blood for children to keep youthful.

These conspiracies are believed to be Uprising on January 6 Saw Trump’s supporters rushing into the U.S. Capitol to prevent the joint meeting of Congress from proving Biden’s victory.

according to Media Matters ReportWritten by Olivia Little QAnon Followers, Liz Harris and Bobby Piton. “

Media Matters stated that Harris and Piton enjoy “the influence of being the two main drivers of industry development” Arizona election Conspiracy theory of fraud, cooperate with relevant departments behind the scenes.

Media Matters cited a report from the Republic of Arizona that Harris and Pitton were influential figures in the audit work.

Harris ran for Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives in 2020, but lost. According to media reports, she went all out to find voter fraud and “lived multiple videos related to the Arizona audit every day on YouTube and Facebook in real time.”

Piton is the head of an investment planning company in Illinois.

Media Affairs also said that these three seem to be interrelated. It quoted Piton’s claim on the social media platform Gab on the far right. He will hand over the research on alleged voter fraud in Maricopa to Logan, the one who won the bid.

Piton Confirmed Daily Beast After Logan requested assistance, he engaged in audit work in an “unofficial capacity” in April. Piton also appeared on YouTube, praying for Logan and Harris.

On September 5, 2020, a sticker with the slogan QAnon was seen on a truck participating in the caravan in Adairsville, Georgia. [File: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters]

According to the report, his Facebook account appeared to share many images to support Trump and others in questioning the 2020 election results from the QAnon group. Some have the QAnon slogan WWG1WGA, which stands for “Where shall we go together, we will go together”.

The report said Harris’ social media accounts have similar content.

Media Matters stated that Pitton “circulated in real time” appeared to be “a private zoom meeting on the election audit between Zoom Harris, [Representative] Arizona State Senator Andy Biggs and himself”.

Wider attention

Due to ongoing conspiracy theories and concerns about audit methods, auditing has been criticized.

The Civil Rights Department of the U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to Arizona Republican Senate Chairman Karen Fann, arguing that confiscation of votes may violate federal law, requiring votes to be kept under the control of election officials for 22 months.

Pamela Karlan, the first deputy assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, wrote: “Past experience in conducting similar investigations across the country raises concerns that these investigations may target minority voters, which may imply the Voting Rights Act. ?’S anti-intimidation ban…Such investigations can have a significant intimidation effect on qualified voters and prevent them from seeking to vote in the future.”

Jennifer Morrell, a partner at the consulting firm Elections Group, told The Associated Press: “I think the activities that take place here are the Rure’s. In any case, the form is not similar to an audit.”

The network ninja did not immediately respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment. Missed a call to Piton Investment Planning Company.

Harris told Al Jazeera in a text message: “The fact that you reported this matter tells me that you are part of the problem.”

Media Matters stated: “The significance of Harris and Pitton’s participation in the Arizona election audit is not just that-if their claim to cooperate with the auditors and the Arizona senator is true, it means that attempts to overturn the Arizona election results have been compromised. The quiet influence of the followers of QAnon works from the inside.”

Arizona Republicans don’t seem to be worried. The Arizona Senate signed a lease on Friday to continue the audit. The lease lasts until the end of June.