Revealed: Trump secretly donated $1m to discredited Arizona election ‘audit’

"What I have a problem with is an audit that is undertaken with a goal in mind, and that is literally being funded by one of the candidates. This is absolutely what we do not want to happen." Gates pointed out that under Arizona law, electoral candidates are not allowed to fund vote recounts which have to be financed with taxpayer dollars. Though the Cyber Ninjas review was technically not a recount, it served a similar purpose. "At the very least, it is highly hypocritical for the Arizona state senate to have allowed the audit to be funded in this fashion," Gates said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/trump-secretly-donated-1m-arizona-election-audit

GOP election audit in Michigan may be ‘imploding’ amid right-wing sniping: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

… All of the fighting adds up to trouble for the Republicans, the report said. "To get a petition initiative to the Legislature, a group would have to gather 340,047 valid signatures within 180 days, a difficult task that would become more challenging if supporters were feuding among themselves…

https://www.rawstory.com/michigan-gop-election-audit/