Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap criticized the Arizona county's Board of Supervisors for voting to appeal a judge’s decision that said Heap's office was in control of critical election functions.
On Wednesday, board members voted 4-1 in favor of appealing a judge’s decision that made the board relinquish control of certain election functions in the state's most populous county.
The Superior Court of Arizona ruled that board members needed to fund Heap’s necessary expenses and not use the county’s budget to force Heap to give up his statutory responsibilities regarding elections.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney said the board’s transfer and continued control of the recorder’s "IT [information technology] staff, servers, databases, software and websites” prevents Heap from carrying out “his statutory duties independently.”
Blaney added that it “constitutes an unlawful usurpation of the Recorder's statutory authority.”
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