Board Offers New SSA, Passes Policy Governing Election Decisions
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors took action today to ensure there are guideposts for how elections are run in Maricopa County in the absence of a Shared Services Agreement (SSA) with the Recorder’s Office.
“Justin Heap likes to make a big deal about separation of powers, yet he repeatedly runs to the judicial branch to intervene in matters that should be worked out between elected officials,” said Chair Kate Brophy McGee, District 3. “Since Mr. Heap has not provided a serious response to our latest SSA offer, we felt it was important to state publicly and transparently how we will go about navigating some of most contentious issues between our respective offices so that we can ensure elections run smoothly and securely for Maricopa County voters.”
On February 11, 2026, the Board delivered a new offer to Recorder Justin Heap on an SSA which seeks to find common ground on issues that the Recorder has said are important to him.
Still, over the past week, Recorder Heap has not engaged in any productive dialogue about the Board’s offer even though it gives his office control of many of the things he has publicly said he wants, including early in-person voting and a concrete division of information technology (IT) services.
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