Statement from Supervisor Steve Chucri

First and foremost, I want to reiterate what an honor it is to represent the people in my district and I take your messages of concern to heart. Confidence in elections has and always will be paramount. In furtherance of strengthening the public’s faith in our election system and providing answers to your questions, I have publicly stated for the past week that I am supportive of a 3^rd party audit of the tabulation machines that address the concerns that have been brought forward by political parties, presidential campaigns and most importantly the voting public.  Such an audit will examine and clarify for the public- software and hardware questions, and claims of the ability of a machine to tamper with votes and outcomes.  This audit can assure the public that their votes are counted and secure, not only looking back, but looking to future elections as well. Similar inspections have or are taking place in other states. I am hopeful that in doing so this is a path to both restore and maintain confidence in our elections.  

Sincerely,
 
Steve Chucri, District 2
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
www.maricopa.gov/steve
602-506-7431