U.S. House panel calls for Cyber Ninjas’ CEO to testify on Arizona ballot review
A congressional committee that has for months been seeking information relating to the company conducting Arizona’s long-running ballot review now wants the firm’s CEO to testify next month about the matter.
Citing his repeated “obstruction,” the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee sent a letter late Thursday to Doug Logan, the head of Cyber Ninjas, saying his appearance has become necessary to understand what it characterized as a “questionable audit.”
The Democrat-controlled panel’s request came a day ahead of the scheduled release of his company’s review for the Arizona Senate and signals the national concerns among Democrats over its implications. The committee wants him to testify at an Oct. 7 hearing.
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it has sought documents related to Cyber Ninjas’ audit procedures, its funding sources and other issues. The Florida-based company has only provided records that were publicly known already.A draft report obtained by The Arizona Republic said President Joe Biden won the county by 360 more votes than the certified results showed. Election experts say small tallying differences are inevitable in large elections. The county had 2.1 million ballots cast in the presidential election last year.
Biden won the county by about 45,000 votes and won Arizona overall by less than 11,000 votes.
Beyond the margin, however, the ballot review is expected to address discrepancies between signatures on mail-in ballots and those on file with the county. And Cyber Ninjas could assail the county’s election processes more broadly as well.
Former President Donald Trump has monitored the ballot review throughout the year and, during a July appearance in Phoenix, publicly pressed Attorney General Mark Brnovich to take action when the review is completed.
ronald.hansen@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-4493. Follow him on Twitter @ronaldjhansen.
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