[FONT="]In mid-May,
the Republican-led Election Board of Supervisors in Maricopa County issued a 17-page letter to Fann criticizing her and the audit.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"You have rented out the once good name of the Arizona State Senate to grifters and con-artists, who are fundraising hard-earned money from our fellow citizens," the letter said. "Our state has become a laughingstock. Worse, this 'audit' is encouraging our citizens to distrust elections, which weakens our democratic republic."[/FONT]