🚨TODAY I SUED MARICOPA COUNTY Today, I instructed my legal counsel, @America1stLegal, to file a lawsuit against the MCBOS in order to: 1) Resolve the ongoing dispute over the state’s largest election system 2) Reclaim the legal authority that Supervisor Galvin attempted to strip from my office with the Galvin-Richer SSA 3) Restore the resources necessary to fulfill my statutory duty to administer elections MY FULL STATEMENT ⬇️ From day one, I promised the voters of Maricopa County that I would deliver more secure, more honest, and more transparent elections for all voters, regardless of political party. Similarly, I have promised to utilize every tool under state and federal law, including Arizona’s judicial system, to accomplish these very popular objectives. Today’s lawsuit seeks simply to reclaim the legal authority afforded to the County Recorder under Arizona law and ensure that my office is not further deprived of the resources necessary to perform those duties to the fullest extent possible. The Board of Supervisors’ bad faith tactics in the SSA negotiation, compounded by their unanimous May 19 budget vote to cement the Board’s seizure of my statutory duties through the budget process is deeply disappointing, forcing us to take this issue to court. Despite their repeated misinformation and gaslighting of the public on these issues, defending the civil right to free, fair, and honest elections for every Maricopa County voter isn’t simply my job as County Recorder, it’s the right thing to do and a mission I’m fully committed to achieving.