The Republican National Committee (RNC) is questioning local election officials in Arizona about how last week’s CrowdStrike outage affected voting centers in the state.
The RNC, the Arizona Republican Party and the Trump campaign’s election integrity division I sent a letter “We are visiting Arizona counties to ask for an explanation of whether CrowdStrike’s global outages affected the state’s election systems. Republicans have made election integrity a central part of their platform and have repeatedly called for stricter voting measures.”
The outages mostly affected airlines and businesses, but many government agencies also reported similar issues on Friday. At least two counties in the state reported some sort of glitch in their voting systems as early voting for the primary election took place.
in statementRepublican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley and Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda said the breach “highlights alarming vulnerabilities” in the voting system, adding that they wanted assurances “there was no fraud.”
“We are demanding full evidence that there was no intrusion, whether the vulnerabilities were exploited, information about other systems that were affected, and we need full assurance that something like this can never happen again, and that our election systems are not exposed to these threats during our nation’s most important election,” Whatley and Swoboda said in a statement.
The Republican National Committee’s Election Integrity Committee, in a letter to Maricopa County Elections Chairman Scott Jarrett, asked for an explanation for the closure of several polling places in the county, which has been the focus of Republican challenges in recent years over its handling of the midterm elections.
“Legal registered voters in Maricopa County need to know when and where they can vote. Further, they should have confidence that their vote, and all other lawfully cast votes, will be counted correctly. This recent event is extremely disturbing given the online nature of this issue and the impact it would have if it were to occur on Election Day,” the letter said.
Maricopa County Elections Department on social media platform X “Power outage at some polling stations” Polling stations were closed on Friday due to a global technical outage, and the department began counting at one location before continuing to open more throughout the day. “Several people” Open.
The Pima County Recorder’s Office will notify you that voting services will be available on X day. “limited” Polling stations were closed on Friday due to a global power outage. Later that day, they announced they remained open and had resumed normal ballot distribution.
“We understand that the voting system can be confusing, but to be clear, our voting machines are not connected to the internet,” the office said. X Statement“This morning, staff were unable to access the voter database and were unable to check in voters. As a result, 18 voters were given provisional ballots.”
Pinal County Elections Department I wrote to X Some computers in the Recorder’s Office were affected by the power outage, but the election system was not affected. Check with X The company’s early voting sites and offices are not affected by this issue.
Coconino County’s elections department and recorder’s office responded to the Republican National Committee’s letter, according to a response obtained by The Hill. The letter said the county had not experienced any issues with its elections department on Friday.
The Hill reached out to every county elections office in the state for comment on the letter.
