Elections officer seeks contempt order against county board

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is asking a court to hold the county Board of Supervisors in contempt for failing to follow a court order on running elections.

In April, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ordered the board to hand over Heap’s "IT [information technology] staff, servers, databases, software and websites” so the recorder could carry out his actions “independently” of the supervisors.

According to Heap, the board has still not complied since the judge ruled supervisors must hand back control of certain election functions to the Recorder's Office.

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