Arizona State Senate Orders Hand Recount of 2.1 Million Ballots From 2020 Presidential Election

Arizona State Senate Orders Hand Recount of 2.1 Million Ballots From 2020 Presidential Election
A poll worker sorts ballots inside the Maricopa County Election Department in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 5, 2020. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images
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Arizona legislators have ordered a recount of 2.1 million ballots for the 2020 presidential election, this time to be done by hand.

The Arizona Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, released a statement confirming their intent to do another audit of the ballots from Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county.