I wonder if during the original November 2020 counting, the vote counters were instructed to throw away all ballots marked with sharpies, instead of having the sharpie-ballots being stored separately but marked as ineligible. This could explain why they weren't taken into account as a factor of the Cyber Ninja audit
I haven't really looked into the sharpie aspect of the Arizona election particularly.
I wonder if during the original November 2020 counting, the vote counters were instructed to throw away all ballots marked with sharpies, instead of having the sharpie-ballots being stored separately but marked as ineligible. This could explain why they weren't taken into account as a factor of the Cyber Ninja audit
I haven't really looked into the sharpie aspect of the Arizona election particularly.