Instead it tried to paint routine election practices in Maricopa County as errors, irregularities or sinister efforts to deny Donald Trump another term. Maricopa County officials made copies of the data and archived it before removing it from the election management system. County officials said data cannot be stored indefinitely on the election management system. When a voter mails in a ballot with a blank or mismatched signature, election officials contact the voter. If the discrepancy is resolved, they enter a second record in the EV33 file, election officials said.

Source: thestar September 25, 2021 02:15 UTC