April 15, 2025: Public Records Request

From Corrective Action Plan AZ

I was getting nowhere with my efforts to engage with elected officials so I decided to investigate using my experience, which was in the finance area, specifically with contracts. I submitted Public Records Request (PRR) to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) Procurement Department on April 15, 2025. In turn, Maricopa County assigned tracking number PRR 2025-719 and forwarded my request to the Procurement Department.

I sought copies of signed contracts maintained by Maricopa County relating to the Service Level Agreements (SLA) during the 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 election cycles, including:

  • Amendments
  • Revisions
  • Renewals
  • Addenda
  • Exhibits
  • Post-election contract administration records

I specifically requested the contracts or Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) from the following entities:

  1. Dominion Voting Systems contracts and related amendments
  2. Runbeck Election Services contracts and related amendments
  3. Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) election-related agreements maintained by the County
  4. County-maintained USPS-related election agreements
  5. Temporary staffing contracts used for first-level signature verification
  6. Written records reflecting post-election contract changes for the 2018–2024 cycles

The request did not seek ballots, voter data, tabulation data, or confidential voter information. Again, my interest was in the resolution of anomalies, not the election outcome. 

>>>> Note for following delivered some Runbeck and Dominion contracts [use the legal name of the companies here, but put the short name in parenthesis, such as (a.k.a., Runbeck)]

I received a 116-page Runbeck Election Services contract, followed later by a second 58-page version, with no explanation of what I was looking at or how the documents related to one another. I also received [Explain the scope] from Dominion Voting Systems. None of the other contracts or MOUs requested were delivered.

As I reviewed these Runbeck contracts, I found multiple dates, strikethroughs, and what I later told were amendments. However, these amendments were not self-explanatory. No documentation was provided to justify or show the person or people responsible for approving the amendments; just the strike throughs and actual changes were shown.

Potential Governance Gap(s):

Timeline

  1. Preface — Author's introduction
  2. 2020: The Event — The November 2020 general election anomalies
  3. 2001: The Journey Begins — Starting to ask questions about lessons learned
  4. November 2024: Midterm Election — The Katie Hobbs situation
  5. December 2024: Gaining Support — Resolution submission
  6. April 15, 2025: Public Records Request — Public Records Request process
  7. May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato — Public Records Request runaround
  8. August 3, 2026: Submitted Complaint — Formal complaint submission
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