Apparently, one member is holding up the works and his excuse is rife with lies and bullpuckey (primarily propaganda media garbage).

1. Private donors are covering the excess. The firm agreed to the low amount at the beginning. Raising funds from the outside to cover the rest was always an open fact about this. The fundraising and contributions have been going on from the start.

2. This type of audit of an election and ballots is unprecedented. The firms handling it are very experienced in the aspects of the process in which they are running.

3. Jovan Hutton Pulitzer had a lot of influence in setting up the best ways to do a full forensic audit of ballots based on his experience doing kinematic artifact detection.

4. Because this has never been done before, it required the insight and experience of people across multiple fields to figure out the best approach to ensure a proper investigation is done and all bases are covered. That is what is happening in this audit and why so many who actually have gone to the site and learned about the entire process have called it "the gold standard."

5. Either this hold-out is stupid or he is a liar.