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=== Election Anomalies ===
=== Election Anomalies ===
The Green Book's Principle 8 addresses Assess Fraud, Improper Payment, and Information Security Risk. Obviously, improper payments is not a concern during the Assessment of Election Anomalies. However, improper payments by MC county may exist, but would require a separate assessment.
The Green Book's <u>emphasis on fraud and information security</u> as separate risk assessment activity is intentional. MC may be able to defer to the Arizona Secretary of State's Election Procedure Manual as general steps taken to ensure the integrity of election results. Fraud occurs when loopholes are identified and exploited by the fraudsters. The implementers of election services (i.e., Arizona Counties) are better positioned to detect fraud and assess the risk of fraud because they are handling the data, not the state. Hence, governance gaps may be identified from patterns of poor assessment and response to risk with respect to election fraud and information security.


===== [[Dropbox Collection (2020)|Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020)]] =====
===== [[Dropbox Collection (2020)|Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020)]] =====

Revision as of 09:06, 25 August 2026

Risk Assessment

Principle 8 - Assess Fraud, Improper Payment, and Information Security Risk

Attribute 8.01 - Management should consider risks related to fraud, improper payments, and information security when identifying, analyzing, and responding to risks.

General Attributes

The following attributes contribute to the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of this principle:

  • Identify Risks Related to Fraud, Improper Payments, and Information Security
  • Types of Fraud and Fraud Risk Factors
  • Types of Improper Payments and Improper Payment Risk Factors
  • Types of Information Security Risk and Information Security Risk Factors
  • Analyze and Respond to Identified Risks

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Jamie's Story

March 12, 2026: This is How Maricopa County Wants to be Represented in Court

The discussion of Attribute 8.01 is from this March 12, 2026 event, under the subheading of Motor Vehicle Department Contract.

The relevance of this specific Green Book Attribute, 8.01, is based on the identification of numerous other specific attributes within Principle 8 - Assess Fraud, Improper Payment, and Information Security Risk. The recurrence of numerous specific attributes suggests a bigger issue, perhaps deviations from good governance aren't isolated occurrences. Maybe the frequency and magnitude of election-related anomalies reveal a deviant organizational culture. County employees aren't being deviant; they are doing what is normal and expected in a deviant organizational culture.

Potential Green Book Deviation:

Contrary to the Green Book, multiple deviations from Green Book Principle 8 specific attributes suggest MC management has chosen to allow fraud to occur. Throughout my story, MC management chose not to investigate election-related anomalies. A healthy organization would purposefully try to understand the cause(s) for any anomaly that could potentially prevent their primary objective from being achieved so Corrective Action Plans could be developed to prevent their recurrence. Ultimately, no objective evidence was provided by MC to indicate they wanted to improve the process; they were more comfortable with recurring anomalies than taking action to gain public trust.

Election Anomalies

The Green Book's Principle 8 addresses Assess Fraud, Improper Payment, and Information Security Risk. Obviously, improper payments is not a concern during the Assessment of Election Anomalies. However, improper payments by MC county may exist, but would require a separate assessment.

The Green Book's emphasis on fraud and information security as separate risk assessment activity is intentional. MC may be able to defer to the Arizona Secretary of State's Election Procedure Manual as general steps taken to ensure the integrity of election results. Fraud occurs when loopholes are identified and exploited by the fraudsters. The implementers of election services (i.e., Arizona Counties) are better positioned to detect fraud and assess the risk of fraud because they are handling the data, not the state. Hence, governance gaps may be identified from patterns of poor assessment and response to risk with respect to election fraud and information security.

Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020)

Governance issues identified from Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation of Arizona Senate allegations of Maricopa County Election Department - Drop Box Collections issues. Section 2 of the AZ AG's inspector's report identifies numerous issues, which present risk to potential fraud. The following issues identified in the inspector's report were not assessed internally:


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