The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved an election plan for this year’s primary and general elections.
The Phoenix-based board OK'd the plan without consulting Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, who is in a legal battle with the board over who controls certain election functions.
Supervisor Mark Stewart told The Center Square on Monday that Heap “understands the importance of the operation of the elections, and he’s not going to thwart that.”
“He wants a great election just like we do,” he noted.
The dispute between the board and Heap is about “who gets to tell who what to do” rather than how the elections will actually run, the supervisor said.
“ It's important for the voter to know that [the dispute]is not going to affect the ability for [the county] to run the election. It's just about who's in charge of it and the reporting structure,” he explained.
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