7.01
Risk Assessment
Principle 7 - Identify, Analyze, and Respond to Risks
Attribute 7.01 - Management should identify, analyze, and respond to risks related to achieving the defined objectives.
Green Book Attribute Categories for Principle 7
The following attributes contribute to the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of this principle:
- Identify Risks
- Analyze Risks
- Respond to Risks
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Election Anomalies
Principle 7 addresses the need to Identify, Analyze, and Respond to Risks. The identification and analysis of risk are presumed to have been performed at the state level, which are addressed in the Arizona Secretary of State's Election Procedure Manual. The MC leadership team's Response to Risk is the primary governance weakness with respect to the Green Book's Principle #7, including this attribute.
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:
- See the heading Deviation: Missing Entries on Election Forms from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Missing Ballot Counts from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Used Email instead of EVBTS Forms from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Unfulfilled Party Representation Requirements for Couriers from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Fictious Addresses in MC Voter Registration Database from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Deviation: Allegations Confirmed from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage.
- See the heading Noteworthy: Consequences Unknown from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage
- See the heading Noteworthy: Transmission of USPS Data to MC and Runbeck from Maricopa Dropbox Collection (2020) webpage
