Did a report prove hundreds of thousands of ‘lost’ and ‘ghost’ votes in Arizona’s Maricopa County in the 2020 general election?

A report based on private door-to-door canvassing falsely claims to have uncovered hundreds of thousands of voting irregularities in Maricopa County, including an estimated 173,104 lost votes or 96,389 votes cast by people who didn’t appear to live at their voter registration addresses.

But the report draws from just 4,570 voter responses. It claims the findings can be extrapolated out to the entire county, but Stanford University political scientist Justin Grimmer said that’s inaccurate.

The only verifiable claim was that two voters were illegally registered to vote at an empty lot. But county records show a residence on the lot, with three legal voters. An update substituted another example that also failed to prove foul play.

Liz Harris, the report’s author, said the first vacant lot error was a “typo” and a more comprehensive report was coming.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said he was happy to address questions about potential errors but “so far, no actual problems have been identified.”