Two grassroots organizations in Arizona that investigate election corruption examined recent public records from the Maricopa County Recorder and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) in an attempt to get to the bottom of a Shared Services Agreement (SSA) the previous recorder, Stephen Richer made with the MCBOS in October turning over control of much of his office to them.
The new recorder, conservative and election integrity champion Justin Heap, demanded control of his office back after assuming office this year, pointing out that the agreement with lame-duck supervisors was made at the last minute at the end of the year. However, one of the two remaining supervisors on the board, Thomas Galvin, who is the chair, refuses to relinquish control.
Merissa Hamilton, co-founder of the grassroots group EZAZ, asked the other four supervisors on X to challenge Galvin, “@KateMcGeeAZ @DebbieLesko @MarkStewart_AZ @Steve_Gallardo to take back control of the Board and direct the County Manager to stop the chaos in election administration!”
She explained in her post, noting that Heap said he canceled the SSA, refusing to operate under it, “It can be argued that @thomasgalvin is actually causing chaos in election administration with the edicts from the now-terminated SSA with the @recordersoffice [Heap].”
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