Tucson-area legislator and Republican Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem has been a staunch supporter of false claims about the 2020 election, and has made election security a key component of his campaign.
Rep. Finchem's denials that Joe Biden won Arizona include an appearance at a Stop the Steal rally on January 5, 2021 in Washington, DC.
"Do you find it odd that the Democrats aren't doing a happy dance over winning? When you steal something, it's not a win. It's a fraud," he said in a brief speech at the event that was the day before the storming of the US Capitol.
In that speech, Finchem said there needs to be a forensic accounting of every vote in every state that's in question.
The Arizona Secretary of State's website shows that hand-count audits for most counties in Arizona had been completed almost two months prior to that time.
These audits fall under a provision of state law that allows county political parties to request a hand count of a sample of ballots to test the accuracy of the vote tabulation equipment. Results must be reported to the state.
Representatives from political parties that are entitled to representation on the state ballot are allowed to attend these audits.
Audits were performed in 10 Arizona counties, with party officials in Apache, Gila, Graham, La Paz and Yuma counties, as local Republicans and other political parties did not designate the required members for the Hand Count Election Board.
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