Maricopa County supervisors vote to countersue Recorder Justin Heap over election control
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to countersue Recorder Justin Heap, days after he first took the board to court over control of the county’s elections.
The GOP-controlled board’s maneuver escalates an ongoing battle between Heap and supervisors since Heap took office in January. The sides had engaged in contentious negotiations over a shared services agreement that is supposed to outline how they cooperate to run elections, which are administered by both the recorder and board under state law.
Heap, who’s also Republican, argues the board took away powers given to the recorder’s office, a claim Board Chair Thomas Galvin called “frivolous.”
Heap’s case, Galvin said, “threatens to harm our voters and harm our election system.”
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