Stock photo of a voting boothHill Street Studios/Getty Images The Arizona GOP asked for donations to help with the 2021 Maricopa County election analysis. Texts show the GOP was clear that the money would not go toward the audit, per the Washington Post. "We were expressly told that we could/should not raise money for the audit," Arizona state GOP chairman wrote. In 2021, the Arizona GOP sent out scores of fundraising emails asking people to support the Republican-led audit of the 2020 elections.