Arizona’s Maricopa County Starts Hand Count Audit as Numerous Ballots Remain Unprocessed

An elections worker scans mail in ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 7, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, started a hand-count audit of about 400,000 ballots, it was announced Wednesday night.

“The hand count audit has begun,” Maricopa County’s election department wrote on Twitter. “Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian party chairs drew the races and ballots that hand count audit boards will review Saturday.”