Another County in AZ Struggling with Election Issues

Arizona continues to have problems during elections, and now those problems are starting to spread to other counties.

Maricopa has been a nightmare the last few years, but now Pima County is joining the fray.

State and local officials have already called for an investigation into the 2024 election.

More Problems

Pima is the second largest county in the state, right behind Maricopa, which regularly reports election issues.

Two local officials penned a letter to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) to investigate Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cazares-Kelly's administration of the 2024 general election.

The one complaint centers around Cazares-Kelly’s office shutting down the early voting portal about a week before the deadline.

On this subject, the letter stated, “Reports indicate that nearly 4,000 voters were impacted.

“It is imperative to fully investigate the Recorder's arbitrary decision to restrict ballot access in this manner and determine the extent to which voters were disenfranchised.”

The letter also mentioned an inmate voter registration program, which the lawmakers called “reckless.”

The lawmakers had demanded “she immediately put an end to the program” and “asked how many people have registered to vote through the inmate program since 2020 and if her office had completed any due diligence to confirm that persons who register through the program are actually eligible to vote under Arizona law,” but Cazares-Kelly’s office never responded.

Arizona Freedom Caucus member and state Rep. Justin Heap is making this the focus of his next term, stating, “It is undeniably true that past elections, under both parties and spanning more than a decade, have denigrated our county's reputation and made us the laughing stock of the nation. That ends today.

“Throughout my campaign, I made my promises to restore trust in our elections and respect all voters an issue of paramount importance — and I intend to deliver on those promises.”

I will believe that when I see it. Every election, it is the same states with the same problems and changes are never made.

I would love to see some movement on this, but history has proven that corrupt officials in corrupt states prefer the status quo, so, like I said, I will believe the changes when I actually see them put in place.