Hamadeh urges DOJ to investigate Runbeck Election Services role in Arizona 2024 election

Arizona GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh on Tuesday announced in a press release first shared with Just The News that he has requested that the Justice Department investigate claims that an elections service provider breached protocols during Arizona’s general election last year.

The lawmaker made the formal request earlier this month in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, which was first shared with Just The News. The letter was dated June 2. 

The investigation would center on allegations that Runbeck Election Services breached protocols in its handling of ballots in several western states during the 2024 general election. 

The congressman is specifically looking at the circumstances surrounding the mixing of blank ballots with voted ballots in a Runbeck warehouse, whether security measures were in place to prevent the mixing of blank and voted ballots and whether they were followed, and the potential impact on the accuracy of election results in Maricopa County, along with other impacted areas.

“This alarming situation raises serious questions about the security and integrity of the election process in Maricopa County and potentially beyond," Hamadeh said in a statement. "The co-mingling of blank ballots with live ballots poses a significant risk to the accuracy and fairness of election results. 

"It is crucial that we have confidence in the integrity of our elections, and any potential mishandling of ballots must be investigated to ensure that the will of the voters is accurately reflected,” he added.

The announcement comes a day after the FBI gave Congress an intelligence report raising concerns that China had mass-produced fake U.S. driver's licenses to carry out a scheme to hijack the 2020 election with fake mail-in ballots for former President Joe Biden. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.