Maricopa County recorder Justin Heap sues supervisors over election powers

[RandySF]

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is suing the county’s supervisors, claiming they are illegally trying to seize control of the county’s elections.

The lawsuit, which Trump-aligned group America First Legal filed Thursday on Heap’s behalf, claims that the supervisors “engaged in an unlawful attempt to seize near-total control over the administration of elections.”

It specifically states that Heap wants control over the information technology staff that manages the county’s voter registration system, and that the board has prohibited him from accessing certain areas of the elections building that he needs entry to for early voting purposes.

The legal action comes after a months-long feud over control of elections between Heap, a Republican who took office in January, and the Republican-controlled board. The dissension has cast doubt on the officials’ ability to work together to run the elections in the closely scrutinized swing county.



https://azmirror.com/briefs/maricopa-county-recorder-justin-heap-sues-supervisors-over-election-powers/

[Pisces]

1. A zonie here, these power grabs are going on all over the country. They are scary and Trump is showing them

the rule of law means nothing.