Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Archives

Stewart Lone Dissent in BOS Vote to Seek Stay, Appeal of Heap Win

April 22, 2026 4:06 pmApril 24, 2026 11:19 am

In response to the recent Maricopa County Superior Court decision rejecting the County Board of Supervisors’ attempt to wrestle control of key election functions away from the County Recorder, the BOS just voted to pursue an automatic stay of the...

Judge Denies Maricopa BOS Reopening Discovery in Heap Dispute

March 12, 2026 4:28 pmApril 2, 2026 1:12 pm

PHOENIX – A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has rejected an attempt by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) to expand discovery in its ongoing legal dispute with Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap. The Honorable Scott A. Blaney criticized...

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...

Maricopa Recorder, BOS Clash Intensifies Amid New Ballot Find

November 7, 2025 4:16 pmNovember 18, 2025 2:31 pm

A discovery of 2,288 unattended ballot envelopes left at a ballot-replacement site in Maricopa County has sparked fresh political tension between the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, intensifying an ongoing legal dispute over election...

Kolodin Calls Out Fontes for Likening Self to ‘Pontius Pilate’

October 30, 2025 11:48 amNovember 9, 2025 1:29 pm

The race for Arizona Secretary of State is already underway, with Democrat incumbent Adrian Fontes and Republican lawmaker Alex Kolodin emerging as clear frontrunners. While other candidates have entered the race, the contest between these two is quickly becoming one...

Petersen, Montenegro Back Heap in Election Authority Case

August 25, 2025 6:00 pmAugust 31, 2025 3:46 pm

Arizona’s top legislative leaders have filed a court brief supporting Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap in his legal dispute with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors over who controls key election functions. Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Steve...

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...