The Gaggle: Where does the Maricopa County election audit stand right now?

The ballot review of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million ballots from the
2020 election has gone on for 16 weeks. The recounting and scanning
has come to an end though. The pallets of ballots have left the
Veterans Memorial Coliseum and are back at the county’s
Elections Department. It also has become clear who is paying for
the review: Pro-Trump, conservative groups aligned with the
"Stop the Steal" effort that preceded the Jan. 6 march on the U.S.
Capitol that led to a deadly riot. A final report of what Cyber
Ninjas found during the audit is expected to come in the next few
weeks. Arizona Senate President Karen Fann has said the review has
never been about overturning the results of the election. Instead,
she has said it’s about examining election procedures and to help
ensure the election was conducted fairly and with integrity. She
and other lawmakers have indicated they intend to use the results
of the review to help pass election-related laws.  In this
week's episode of The Gaggle, a politics podcast by The Arizona
Republic and azcentral.com, co-hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
and Ron Hansen are joined by two Arizona Republic reporters:
Jen Fifield and Mary Jo Pitzl to help dissect the state
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