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Santa Cruz County's (AZ) Three-Year Campaign to Avoid Accountability Reaches Final Stage

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"On July 28, 2022, AUDIT USAa national nonprofit dedicated to election transparency requested six public records from Santa Cruz County, including the Cast Vote Record (CVR) from the August 2nd primary election.

"On August 11, 2022, Santa Cruz Countys outside attorney, Pierce Coleman, sent AUDIT USAs lawyer, Bill Risner, a letter confirming they would 'transmit records by 5:00 p.m. on August 18, 2022.' Case closed? ...

"On August 18, 2022,the exact day the county promised to deliver the records,Santa Cruz County filed a 39-page lawsuit against AUDIT USA and John Brakey, director and co-founder of AUDIT USA, seeking a declaratory judgment about whether CVRs are public records and demanding that AUDIT USA pay the county' s attorney fees."

Next stop? The Arizona Supreme Court ...

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