New Maricopa County Judge Assigned to Oversee 2020 Election Audit Case

Some of the 2.1 million ballots cast during the 2020 election, are brought in for recounting at a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the Arizona Senate at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 22, 2021. Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo

A new judge has been assigned to oversee a legal challenge to a Senate-led audit of votes in Arizona’s largest county for the 2020 presidential election, the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County announced Monday.

Judge Daniel Martin will be taking over the case after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury, a Republican appointee, recused himself from the legal challenge on April 25.