AP election review shows Biden won by over 10,000 votes in Arizona
(KYMA, KECY/ AP News) - An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 fraud cases--a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 Presidential election.
In a process that took months and encompassed more than 300 local election offices, it's one the most comprehensive examinations of suspected voter fraud in last year’s presidential election.
It relies on information collected at the local level, where officials must reconcile their ballots and account for discrepancies, and includes a handful of separate cases cited by Secretaries of State and State Attorneys General.
As far as Arizona goes, the results show that President Biden won by 10,457 votes.
In all, 198 instances of potential fraud were identified in six counties, representing just 1.9% of Biden’s margin of victory. The vast majority of the potential instances of fraud identified were in Pima county, which includes Tucson.
Meanwhile, nine counties reported no suspicious activity.
Nine people have been charged so far, including six cases pursued by the State Attorney General’s Office, which has an election integrity unit that is reviewing an undisclosed number of additional cases.
Of the cases shown to be fraud, many of the cases involved allegations of people casting multiple ballots, felons voting despite being ineligible and ballots received in the name of voters who are dead.