Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap says his staff are under criminal investigation, blames county supervisors

Election equipment dispute escalates into criminal investigation in Maricopa County

A power struggle between a Maricopa County, Arizona, elections official and the board of supervisors over an alleged theft of ballot-counting equipment is the subject of a criminal investigation.  At the heart of this fight lies a Republican election head who questioned the validity of the 2020 general election and a majority GOP county board. It began with allegations that employees within the recorder’s office improperly removed election equip…

Maricopa County Recorder Heap Seeks Emergency Court Intervention After Criminal Investigation Of Election Workers

Special prosecutor investigating latest election-control disagreement in Maricopa County

News crews gather outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center for the 2024 Election in Maricopa County on Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Ariz. A special prosecutor is looking into whether employees in the Maricopa County Recorder's Office broke the law by allegedly removing materials from the vote tabulation center amid a local election earlier this year. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza for Votebeat)With mere weeks until voting begins in a …

Special prosecutor investigating Maricopa County Recorder employees

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap says the board of supervisors sicced cops on his workers. The board says they took a ballot tabulator.

Maricopa County Recorder Employees Under Criminal Investigation Over Equipment Dispute

An armed sheriff’s deputy reportedly confronted Maricopa County Recorder’s Office (MCRO) employees over the weekend during the office’s ongoing elections authority dispute with the board of supervisors. Under the directive of special counsel appointed by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, an off-duty deputy with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office approached MCRO staff, including MCRO IT...

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap says his staff are under criminal investigation, blames county supervisors

Justin Heap said that armed sheriff's deputies appeared at the home of several Recorder's Office employees and informed them that they were under investigation.