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Security lapses plague Arizona Senate's election audit at State Fairgrounds
MORGAN LOEW
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Arizona Senate election audit officials refused to address a series of security lapses and problems exposed by Arizona's Family Investigates, the night before the controversial recount was to begin.

"I question why security wasn't already in place," said Karl de la Guerra, who is a protective services consultant with 43 years in the industry. De la Guerra was reacting to a video sent to him by Arizona's Family Investigates. The video exposed a lack of security at the Arizona Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, the audit location. State Senate Republicans are performing the audit, but doing so on a shoe-string budget. And critics argue that the company hired to lead the operation is run by a Trump supporter who had tweeted false conspiracy theories about the election.

"I think the fact of the matter is that there have been numerous legitimate audits that have shown that there were no discrepancies," said Sen. Rebecca Rios, who is the leading Democrat in the state Senate.

After watching the video shot by Arizona's Family Investigates, Rios said the audit should be called off. "I don't know how people walk away feeling comfortable about what is going on. We have asked repeatedly, 'What is the plan? What is the plan for security?'" said Rios.

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