Maricopa County attempts damage control.
PHOENIX, Arizona (PNN) - October 10, 2026 - Maricopa County election employees have been seen tampering with voting equipment late at night this week, appearing to install or download something on election equipment that has already been certified for use on November 3.
The county claims that they were just “working on a legitimate election task, late into the night.” But according to Phoenix-based election watchdog group We the People Alliance, the employees left for the day at approximately 6:20 pm, then returned late at night around 9:08 pm until 11:15 pm.
Additionally, co-founder of We the People Alliance Shelby Busch tells The Gateway Pundit, “There are two flaws with the Maricopa County Election Department’s statement of transparency. First, they fail to disclose to the public what this ‘legitimate election task’ was that occurred late into the night, and second, they indicate this can be viewed 24/7 by the public; however, the feed published by WTP USA does not appear to be part of the public feeds.”
We the People Alliance obtained the non-public video from a source. This view is nowhere to be found in Maricopa County’s public livestream of election activities at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center. Still, Maricopa County claimed in a statement, “You can view our tabulation center 24/7 365 days a year.”
“We do not presume to know what was on those flash drives, but what we do know is that secure computers were unlocked and external devices were inserted into highly sensitive systems late at night and without any public oversight. Additional video footage we obtained also raises heavy concern over the chain of custody of the external flash drive,” she added.
One of the employees, We the People Alliance says, is Brian Ramirez, the same employee who was previously accused of deleting election files before voting machines were delivered to Arizona Senate auditors following the stolen 2020 election.
Similar concerns about Maricopa County machine tampering after logic and accuracy testing to certify the accuracy of the election equipment arose in the 2022 election, which was stolen from Kari Lake.
Maricopa County admitted during Kari Lake’s court proceedings in 2022 to “installing new memory cards on its Election Day tabulators” on October 14, 17 and 18, after the statutorily required October 11 logic and accuracy (L&A) testing. The tabulators went on to fail on election day, disenfranchising thousands of voters across Maricopa County and robbing Kari Lake of her victory over then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
Likewise, the external devices were seemingly plugged into the computers, just two days after the county’s testing. Maricopa County performed L&A testing for the November 3 election on October 5. Who knows what is on these USB drives?
Surveillance video from inside the Maricopa County tabulation center appears to show one of the employees using flash drives on the computers at 10:38 pm on October 7.
We the People Alliance sounded the alarm on Friday. “BUSTED: Exclusive Video of Maricopa County BOS employees (toddler in tow) in highly secure Ballot Tabulation Center at 10:30pm inserting flash drives into computers (Post L&A) during an active election obtained by our source! Additional video obtained shows 3 hours of activity (Leaving at 11:15pm).”
“This is why we must vote! Turn out in masses this election and have your voice heard. We must be vigilant, we are watching,” said We the People Alliance.
“These employees worked a day shift that day, leaving at 6:23pm, then returned at 9:08pm alone (with child) and remained until 11:15pm. One of the two employees has been identified as Brian Ramirez, the same Board of Supervisors (BOS) employee who deleted files off the EMS system in 2020,” reported We the People Alliance. “These employees are hired and supervised by Scott Jarrett and the Maricopa BOS not the Maricopa County Recorders office.”
Maricopa County responded to the incident, with the elections department putting out a statement, claiming, “As occurs in the weeks preceding an election, these employees were working on a legitimate election task, late into the night.” They never defined the “action” and no independent parties witnessed said action.
“These photos may be used on social media to imply wrongdoing. This is not the case. Know the facts, so you can vote confidently,” the statement continued. However, Maricopa County has never provided any independently verified evidence supporting their comments so the public is able to know the facts.
County Supervisor Mark Stewart also said in a statement that the two employees were simply “trying to complete work before the weekend.” Notably, however, the two were seen on Wednesday night - days before the weekend.
This comes after Maricopa County election vendor Runbeck sent thousands of ballots to voters nearly a week before early voting is scheduled to begin in a so-called “error”.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, we also asked President Donald J. Trump for his thoughts on the so-called mail-in ballot error in Maricopa County. “By the way, there were no errors. You know that, right? There were no errors,” President Trump said, suggesting that the Maricopa mail-in voting is rigged. “They got caught,” he added.