🚨NEW — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is attempting an ILLEGAL POWER GRAB over early voting.
They advanced a resolution this week to SET UP early voting drop boxes.
But Arizona law gives that power ONLY to the County Recorder.
They’ve been warned.
Arizona law is crystal clear.
A.R.S. § 16-542(A):
“The county recorder may establish… early voting locations… the recorder deems necessary.”
ONLY the recorder. NOT the board.
Early ballots must be “delivered or mailed to the county recorder.”
Drop boxes run by the board during early voting are NOT legal. Period.
Setting up unauthorized drop boxes is a class 5 felony under A.R.S. § 16-1005(E).
Collecting early ballots without the Recorder’s authority is a class 6 felony under A.R.S. § 16-1005(H).
The law does not let the board create its own ballot drop-off system during early voting.
If Maricopa County officials want early-voting drop boxes, they must be established through the county recorder — the official Arizona law entrusts with that authority.
This isn’t a technicality — it’s a direct assault on the separation of powers and voter trust.
The board cannot seize power Arizona law gives to the recorder.
AFL has put the board’s lawyers on notice.
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.