Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, an election integrity champion, has been unsuccessfully trying to regain control of his duties over early and mail-in voting, which the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) reduced before he assumed office this year.
Heap attempted to renegotiate the Shared Services Agreement (SSA) with the MCBOS without success this year, and finally submitted a final draft of the SSA to the MCBOS last week, hinting at legal action. He requested a response by Friday.
However, Grassroots activist Merissa Hamilton of EZAZ observed on X on Wednesday that the MCBOS, led by chair Thomas Galvin, a holdover from the last board, hasn’t scheduled any public review of Heap’s SSA yet.
The Maricopa County Republican Committee demanded that Galvin step down as chair in March due to his actions resulting in Republicans being unable to speak to the MCBOS about their election integrity concerns.
Galvin said after becoming supervisor in December 2021 that the 2020 election was conducted fairly. He called former Attorney General Mark Brnovich “rogue” for releasing an interim report that raised concerns about 2020 election procedures, and rejected Brnovich’s report.
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