April 15, 2025: Public Records Request
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- The next part of the story is May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato
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.
No Governance Gaps are identified on this page since there are no observations of Maricopa County practices or behaviors. I was simply submitting my Public Records request. Later, governance gaps will be identified when I interfaced with the County during their response to my requests.
Jamie's Timeline
- 2020: General Election Anomalies — Maricopa County has numerous election anaomalies
- 2021: My Journey Begins — Starting to ask questions about lessons learned
- November 2022: Ethical Issues with Katie Hobbs Overseeing Her Own Election — As Arizona S.O.S., Katie Hobbs oversaw her own election
- December 2024: Gaining Support — [My action; PPP Resolution Approved; no governance gaps]
- April 15, 2025: Public Records Request — [My action; no governance gaps]
- May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato — Public Records Request runaround
- June 25, 2025: Runbeck Contract Delivered - Responsive Record Delivered by Procurement
- June 25, 2025: Dominion Contract Delivered - Responsive Record Delivered by Procurement
- July 25, 2025; Still Gaining Support - [My action; Another PPP Resolution Approved; no new governance gaps]
- November 20, 2025: Debbie Lesko Presentation - Explains Recent Lost Ballots
- December 1, 2025: Special Complaint File with Court - [My action; no new governance gaps]
- January 24, 2026, Broadening the Support - [My action; PPP Resolution Approved; no new governance gaps]
- February 23, 2026: Plaintiff's Briefing - [My action; I filed a brief with the court; no new governance gaps]
- March 12, 2026: Maricopa County Defense Briefing - Maricopa County Legal Team's Defense Brief
- April 3,, 2026, Plaintiff's Response to the Defense Briefing - [My action; no new governance gaps]
- April 15, 2026, Evidentiary Hearing Set - Judge requires additional information before a final decision is made.
- June 1, 2026: Judge's Decision - Judge Rules in Favor of the County
- June 8, 2026: Arizona State Ombudsman Replies - Representative from the Arizona Ombudsman Citizens's Aid agency
- June 9, 2026: Maricopa County Ombudsman Replies - MC response was consistent with Arizona Ombudsman's expectations
- August 3, 2026: Submitted Complaint — Formal complaint submitted & response was as expected.
Summary of My Request
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:
- Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. (a.k.a., Dominion) contracts and related amendments
- Runbeck Election Services, Inc (a.k.a., Runbeck) contracts and related amendments
- Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) election-related agreements maintained by the County
- County-maintained United States Postal Service (USPS)-related election agreements
- Temporary staffing contracts used for first-level signature verification
- Written records reflecting post-election contract changes for the 2018–2024 cycles
Note: Dominion and Runbeck contracts were provided and additional information is available from the above hyperlinks. No additional information was provided by Maricopa County.
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.
