They are trying to manufacture plausible deniability. Right now the ballots and machines are at THEIR locations. THEY have been responsible for them since Election Day. If abnormalities or outright fraud is found now the chain of custody leads DIRECTLY to them. Once the ballots are moved from one location to another you have introduced multiple more people into the chain of custody and all they have to do is find one Trump supporter who worked moving the ballots to cast doubt on the whole thing.
If the AZ Senate doesn’t demand access to them WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW then, mark my words, some shenanigans will happen in the process of moving them and the media will use it to derail the entire audit.
They are trying to manufacture plausible deniability. Right now the ballots and machines are at THEIR locations. THEY have been responsible for them since Election Day. If abnormalities or outright fraud is found now the chain of custody leads DIRECTLY to them. Once the ballots are moved from one location to another you have introduced multiple more people into the chain of custody and all they have to do is find one Trump supporter who worked moving the ballots to cast doubt on the whole thing.
If the AZ Senate doesn’t demand access to them WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW then, mark my words, some shenanigans will happen in the process of moving them and the media will use it to derail the entire audit.
This is the correct answer. In fact this answer needs to be its own post an stickied