Gail Golec, who unsuccessfully ran for Maricopa County Supervisor last year, filed a complaint with Arizona Secretary of State (AZSOS) Adrian Fontes last month alleging violations of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) during last year’s midterm election, but the office rejected it. The complaint followed the procedures laid out in federal statutes; however, the AZSOS responded and said the complaint didn’t establish any violations to investigate under HAVA.
Golec (pictured here), who is a state committeeman in LD3, the state lead for Cause of America, and vice president of government affairs for the Patriots of Arizona, told The Arizona Sun Times that she drafted the complaint based on the language in HAVA, so it didn’t make any sense that the AZSOS claimed the election discrepancies weren’t covered by HAVA. She said the problem is fundamentally how the AZSOS views elections, which she believes is dismissive of real complaints.
“It’s not ‘fair and equal’ elections, it’s ‘free and equal’ per Article II Section 1 of the Constitution,” she said. “We’re going to turn the lights on to stop the gaslighting and take this country back.”
Although the AZSOS rejected the complaint, the response from Amy Chan, general counsel for the AZSOS, went over all 17 allegations listed in the complaint in a lengthy nine-page letter.
HAVA provides a means for citizens to file complaints alleging violations of HAVA. The AZSOS offers the complaint form on its website.
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