Update: Maricopa Officials Say Receipts Don’t Show 19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were Counted

Update: Maricopa Officials Say Receipts Don’t Show 19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were Counted
Ballots for the 2020 general election are counted by Maricopa County Elections Department staff in Phoenix on Oct. 31, 2020. Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images
Beth Brelje
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Editor’s Update Note: Maricopa County Elections Department have since responded to say that the form in question is authentic, but not evidence of late, invalid ballots that went on to be counted. 
Rather, they say the form is a receipt that confirms when early ballots in unopened envelopes—received prior to the deadline on election day—were handed off to a private vendor to be scanned.
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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