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川普： 關於亞利桑那審計的真相

來自馬里科帕縣法醫選舉審計第一卷：

【執行摘要和建議】

•執行摘要

【我們的憲法序言提醒我們，我們的國家一直在追求更完美，尋求建立"......一個更完美的聯盟"，以便我們能夠"......確保自由的祝福給我們自己和我們的後代。" 在維護自由方面，沒有什麼比自由和公平的選舉更重要】

為此，Cyber Ninjas受亞利桑那州參議院委託，對2020年大選進行審計，並確定在哪些領域的立法改革可以加強我們目前的程序，使我們的選舉可以繼續得到改善，變得 "更完美"。在這樣做的過程中，我們的目標是通過確定立法可以解決任何已確定的問題的領域來提高對美國選舉的信心。

這次審計是有史以來最全面和最複雜的選舉審計。它涉及210萬張選票的手工計數，對所有選票進行法醫紙質檢查，對投票機進行法醫審查，以及對選民名冊和2020年大選最終文件進行深入分析。

已發現的情況既令人鼓舞，又具有啟示性。在積極的一面，提供的手工計票和馬里科帕縣的官方選舉清點結果之間沒有實質性的差異。這是一個重要的發現，因為紙質選票是證明選民意圖的最佳證據，而且沒有可靠的證據表明紙質選票被篡改到任何重要程度。

然而，基於我們的其他發現，

【我們建議立法機構收緊選舉程序，以提供更多的確定性，並建議亞利桑那州總檢察長進一步審查我們的審計結果，以進行可能的調查】

這些其他發現包括以下內容。

- 與選舉有關的各種系統中沒有一個數字能夠相互平衡和一致。在某些情況下，這些差異是非常大的。

- 似乎有許多27,807張選票是由在選舉前搬家的人投的。

- 選舉管理系統（EMS）服務器上的文件丟失。

- EMS上的284,412張選票圖像被損壞或丟失。

- 日誌似乎被故意翻轉，數據庫中與2020年大選有關的所有數據已被完全清除。

- 在選票方面，批次並不總是清晰的劃分，重複的選票缺少所需的序列號，原件被重複了不止一次，而且審計人員從未得到選票進入審計人員手中之前的保管鏈文件。這一切都增加了正確審計結果的複雜性和難度；並增加了最終結論的模糊性。

- 馬里科帕縣未能遵循CISA的基本網絡安全最佳實踐和準則

- 沒有遵循軟件和補丁協議

- 憑證管理有缺陷：沒有分配獨特的用戶名和密碼

- 投票系統的核准程序、通信協議和通信設備的主機和網絡活動缺乏基線

The Truth About the Arizona Audit

From the Maricopa County Forensic Election Audit Volume I: Executive Summary & Recommendations

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The preamble to our Constitution reminds us that our nation is always pursuing greater perfection, seeking to establish “... a more perfect Union” so that we can “...secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” Nothing is more essential in preserving liberty than free and fair elections. To that end, Cyber Ninjas was engaged by the Arizona Senate to audit the 2020 General Election and determine in what areas legislative reform may enhance our current process so that our elections may continue to get better, becoming “more perfect.” In doing so, it was our goal to improve confidence in American elections by identifying areas where legislation could resolve any identified issues.

This audit has been the most comprehensive and complex election audit ever conducted. It involved the hand counting of 2.1 million ballots, a forensic paper inspection of all ballots, a forensic review of the voting machines, and an in-depth analysis of the voter rolls and the 2020 General Election final files.

What has been found is both encouraging and revealing. On the positive side there were no substantial differences between the hand count of the ballots provided and the official election canvass results for Maricopa County. This is an important finding because the paper ballots are the best evidence of voter intent and there is no reliable evidence that the paper ballots were altered to any material degree.

Based on our other findings, however, we recommend that the Legislature tighten up the election process to provide additional certainty going forward, and that several specific findings of our audit be further reviewed by the Arizona Attorney General for a possible investigation. Such other findings include the following:

• None of the various systems related to elections had numbers that would balance and agree with each other. In some cases, these differences were significant.

• There appears to be many 27, 807 ballots cast from individuals who had moved prior to the election.

• Files were missing from the Election Management System (EMS) Server.

• Ballot images 284,412 on the EMS were corrupt or missing.

• Logs appeared to be intentionally rolled over, and all the data in the database related to the 2020 General Election had been fully cleared.

• On the ballot side, batches were not always clearly delineated, duplicated ballots were missing the required serial numbers, originals were duplicated more than once, and the Auditors were never provided Chain-of- Custody documentation for the ballots for the time-period prior to the ballot’s movement into the Auditors’ care. This all increased the complexity and difficulty in properly auditing the results; and added ambiguity into the final conclusions.

• Maricopa County failed to follow basic cyber security best practices and guidelines from CISA

• Software and patch protocols were not followed

• Credential management was flawed: unique usernames and passwords were not allocated

• Lack of baseline for host and network activity for approved programs, communications protocols and communications devices for voting systems