The Maricopa County Recorder’s office deleted the entire 2020 General Election database from the Dominion Election Management System — including all activity logs — the day before the Arizona Senate’s Cyber Ninjas forensic audit began. The deletion was permanent. It eliminated the native election-period data that would have formed the evidentiary baseline for the entire audit. Forensic examiners confirmed that the database had been ‘fully cleared’ and that security event logs covering the election period had been overwritten. The audit that was supposed to verify Arizona’s results was conducted on a system wiped clean the night before auditors showed up.
The Maricopa County Recorder’s office deleted the entire 2020 General Election database from the Dominion EMS server and purged SQL logs the day before the Arizona Senate’s Cyber Ninjas forensic audit began, permanently eliminating native election-period system logs. When a backup was later restored, approximately 263,139 ballot images were corrupt and unreadable and about 21,273 ballot images were missing from the restored dataset, blinding auditors to the full digital chain of custody.
This established fact contributes to the pattern of systemic compromise of election critical infrastructure under Election Results Certification Integrity. It supports the case for federal investigation and legislative action.