Maricopa County Supervisor Mark Stewart is hoping a court-ordered mediator can settle the dispute between the Board of Supervisors and Recorder Justin Heap about who controls the county’s elections.
This week, Stewart filed a legal request seeking a court-ordered mediation between the board and Heap. The legal action is separate from the board's decision this week to file a motion for a stay in the ongoing court case in Arizona's most populous county, which is home to Phoenix.
In April, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ruled that the board members needed to relinquish control of specific election functions. Blaney also said the board needed to return Heap’s information technology staff, servers, databases, software and websites or fund their replacement.
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