Maricopa County Recorder debunks claim that Arizona 2020 election data will be destroyed

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — An e mail is making the rounds, urging recipients to request Arizona election information from the Nov. 2020 election earlier than it’s destroyed on Sept. 1.

The one drawback, based on Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, is that it’s not true. Richer, who leads the county’s election operations, says the e-mail originated at a latest occasion hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and has been making its manner round Republican legislative districts. The message begins with urgency, stating “We have to bombard the AZ Recorder’s Workplace” with requests for 2020 election information, particularly a “per poll” report that’s also called a “Solid Vote File,” or CVR.

For the reason that e mail began to unfold, Richer says his workplace has acquired 173 data requests for the Nov. 2020 forged vote file over the previous week. For reference, he says they don’t sometimes obtain that many requests for CVRs over the course of a whole yr.

Both manner, he says the info is just not being destroyed. In a collection of tweets from his private account Monday morning, Richer says Arizona Revised Statute 16-624 requires that his workplace preserve information from that election for twenty-four months. He says the info received’t be deleted even when it hits the 24-month mark this November.

Richer says he’s unsure of the origin of the Sept. 1 date talked about within the e mail.

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