Big Win! Maricopa Superior Court Judge Orders Board of Supervisors to Restore Key Election Functions to Recorder’s Office

Gateway Pundit ^ | 4/17/26 | Brian Lupo

[CFW]

In October of 2024, former Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer entered into an agreement with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (Board) to shift certain election duties away from the Recorder’s office and to the Board. This was done months after Justin Heap defeated Richer in the July 30th, 2024, Republican Primary for Maricopa County Recorder, and one month before Heap won the November 5th election to succeed Richer.

The agreement was unanimous and gave the Board control over early ballot processing, including the appointment of a bipartisan board responsible for overseeing the early voting process. The agreement also centralized election-related information technology (IT) functions, as well as the $5 million budget associated with the IT service.

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Heap did take legal action, and yesterday a Maricopa County Superior Court judge sided with the Recorder’s position.

According to the Court’s decision, the authority was delegated to a county’s recorder or an “other officer in charge of elections.” But the order also stated that, “The recorder may subsequently withdraw his or her consent and reclaim his or her statutory authority or responsibility.”

The judge ordered that the Board of Supervisors “return to the Recorder’s direct custody and/or control the IT staff, servers, databases, software, websites, and equipment that were in the Recorder’s custody…prior to October of 2024…” and enjoined the Board of Supervisors “from further exercising any election functions delegated by the Legislature to the Recorder.”

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KEYWORDS: arizona; corruption; elections; fraud

[CFW]

So when the Maricopa Bd of Supervisors saw that Heap was going to win the Recorder election, they made an agreement with their guy (Richer) to take over part of the operations of the Recorder's office. Newly elected Justin Heap fought back and a judge agreed with him. Excellent news but I assume the Board will appeal.

[Steely Tom]

Excellent news but I assume the Board will appeal.

Of course they'll appeal. And until the appeal is heard, which will probably take five or six years, they'll ignore this ruling.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Richer is a soulless demonic deep state puppet snake.