Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair Thomas Galvin Archives

Court Hands Heap Resounding Election Control Win

April 18, 2026 4:05 pmApril 22, 2026 4:08 pm

Recorder Justin Heap is calling a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling a decisive win for election law and voters after a judge rejected the Board of Supervisors’ attempt to assert control over key election functions. “I am grateful to the...

Maricopa BOS’s Stewart Applaud’s Heap’s New Voter Signature Process

November 26, 2025 6:57 amDecember 8, 2025 1:36 pm

Maricopa County officials are offering sharply different assessments of Recorder Justin Heap’s new signature-verification process, which was used for the November 4, 2025, jurisdictional election. During last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Mark Stewart publicly praised Heap and the elections...

Galvin, Lesko Join Constituents Calling to End Fed Oversight of Sheriff

July 18, 2025 5:17 pmJuly 31, 2025 10:27 am

Over 100 residents, elected officials, law enforcement leaders, and community advocates packed the Desert West Community Center in Phoenix, AZ, on Wednesday evening, July 16, 2025, to weigh in on the future of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) federal...

Heap Apologizes for Voter Notice Error as BOS Plays Politics

July 10, 2025 2:26 pmJuly 20, 2025 7:56 pm

A voter notification error from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office triggered confusion for over 83,000 residents last month, but it was the Board of Supervisors’ handling of the situation that may have done the most damage to public trust, say...

Maricopa’s Mark Stewart Issues Exclusive Response to Heap’s BOS Suit

June 13, 2025 4:10 pmJune 20, 2025 4:36 pm

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap(R) has filed a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors (BOS), accusing them of unlawfully seizing control of key election functions and withholding resources from his office. The lawsuit, filed June 12 by Trump-aligned America First Legal,...

Heap Sends Final Plan, Accuses Maricopa BOS of ‘Election Sabotage’

May 17, 2025 3:13 pmMay 26, 2025 9:18 am

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap issued his final “warning shot” to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MBOS or BOS) in what has become one of Arizona election administration’s most consequential power struggles. Heap’s Chief of Staff, Sam Stone, told...

Agreement Between Heap, Maricopa BOS Ignites Feud

May 14, 2025 5:00 amMay 21, 2025 11:40 am

The Shared Services Agreement (SSA) between Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap and the Board of Supervisors has ignited a public feud, spilling onto social media in a flurry of posts from Supervisors Tom Galvin and Debbie Lesko. In an exclusive,...