Established Fact
Election officials in Yuma and Maricopa Counties willfully neglected their duty to maintain and provide adequate video surveillance of absentee ballot drop boxes. Surveillance video from Yuma County was unavailable, shielding potential ballot trafficking from forensic scrutiny and constituting an apparent violation of federal 22-month record-retention mandates.
Citations
Yuma County Sheriff Announces 2020 Voter Fraud Investigations | CBN News (Yuma County Sheriff Office announced investigation of ballot drop box activity following 2020 general election; surveillance footage from Yuma County was cited as unavailable for review by election investigators)
“2000 Mules” Group Ignored Arizona AG Requests For Evidence | Axios (True the Vote, which claimed to have identified ballot trafficking activity in Yuma and Maricopa Counties using geolocation data, declined to furnish supporting evidence or data to the Arizona Attorney General’s office)
52 U.S.C. § 20701 requires election officials to retain and preserve for 22 months all records relating to federal elections, including surveillance records associated with ballot drop boxes classified as election infrastructure; failure to preserve constitutes a federal violation.
52 U.S.C. § 20701 (22-month federal record-preservation requirement applicable to surveillance footage of drop boxes as election records).