According to official results, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in Arizona in a very close race by 10,457 votes. The recent forensic audit of votes in Maricopa County questions 57,722 ballots, more than five times that number.
One caution in interpreting results flagging questioned or invalid ballots: auditors say it's unlikely that every adjustment would have favored a single candidate. Therefore, one cannot assume all 57,722 votes would have been removed from Biden's tally or credited to Trump.
Nonetheless, discrepancies in the one county alone are large enough to suggest that they could have made a difference in the outcome of the statewide tally.
It's unclear why most media reports have been declaring, contrary to evidence, that the audit somehow confirmed that Biden won the Arizona race fair and square. (You can read the audit at the link below and draw your own conclusions.) Though a hand recount.......................
