🚨 UPDATE: RECORD CORRECTS THE BOARD'S MANUFACTURED SCANDAL AND MALACIOUS SLANDER.
The Board spent 3 months sitting on these baseless allegations. Then, after losing in court again and facing contempt proceedings, it launched a smear campaign against career election employees on the eve of an election.
The facts are simple: no live ballots were removed, no election was compromised, and the envelope scanner belongs to the Recorder's Office.
This isn't accountability. It's a manufactured scandal designed to distract from the Board's own legal failures and target public servants who cannot defend themselves. If the Board wants a political fight, it should have the courage to have that fight with me, not hurl false allegations, and slander against my staff from the safety of the bully pulpit.
RECORDER HEAP RESPONDS TO SUPERVISORS’ LIES REGARDING RECORDER'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES
In recent days, members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have made a series of public statements regarding Recorder's Office employees and equipment owned by the Recorder's Office. Those statements are contradicted by the facts, refuted by the available evidence, and appear designed to manufacture a political controversy where none exists in an attempt to inappropriately influence pending court proceedings.
The public deserves an accurate account of what actually occurred.
Read full statement here:
recorder.maricopa.gov/news/U…