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PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors plans to vote to hire two firms to audit election equipment and software used in the November election that has been the focus of unsubstantiated claims of fraud from Republicans who question President Joe Biden's victory in Arizona.

Board Chairman Jack Sellers defended the accuracy of the vote count in the state's most populous county but said Tuesday the board wants to do the audit to try to show doubters that the election was free and fair.