Leading conservatives called out Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin, chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) who has been accused of stonewalling attempts to look into election wrongdoing, for refusing to give back election powers to Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap. Galvin, the only incumbent Republican supervisor left on the board, voted with the rest of the board in October to strip the recorder of significant powers. This went beyond the MCBOS removing about half of the recorder’s powers over elections after the 2018 election.
State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) posted on X, “Corruption in Maricopa County! Supervisor @ThomasGalvin has STRIPPED Recorder @azJustinHeap of his control over our Elections and is REFUSING to reinstate it.” He linked to an article at KJZZ about the vote transferring power last fall.
Hoffman added several follow-up posts explaining the situation. He said Galvin made the “backroom deal” that “STRIPPED” the recorder of “MOST of its significant election-related duties” less than 30 days before the November election, along with the “lame duck” supervisors whose terms were ending, and then-recorder Stephen Richer.
“They saw the writing on the wall that @AZFreedomCaucus member Rep. Justin Heap (who had already destroyed incumbent Stephen Richer in a three-way primary) was going to win the general election, so they executed this last ditch maneuver to strip the office of its ability to implement significant changes that would make our elections more secure,” Hoffman said.
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