It's scheduled to go before the AZ Senate's Judiciary and Elections committee this week.
It passed in the House unanimously but certain folks may not have read it.
Proposed by Lupe Diaz (R-LD19), the bill would add a section to Arizona state law to mandate that county recorders oversee school board elections.
Problem? It completely bypasses county boards of supervisors.
And the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and the current Maricopa County Recorder, Justin Heap, aren't best of friends.
To put it mildly.
From Votebeat, written by Jen Fifield, dated 2/27 -
In Arizona’s Maricopa County, a public ‘battle’ for control of elections
Maricopa County’s new recorder is rejecting an agreement that splits control of the county’s elections between his office and supervisors, and is threatening to sue the supervisors if they don’t give him more power.
Recorder Justin Heap’s protest puts control over elections in the state’s most populous and high-profile swing county up in the air and sets up a messy fight between prominent Republican officials that could affect voters, with local elections approaching in May and the 2026 gubernatorial election looming.
As of now, the AZ associations for school superintendents and counties oppose the bill.
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