View source for April 15, 2025: Public Records Request

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:

# Dominion Voting Systems contracts and related amendments
# Runbeck Election Services contracts and related amendments
# Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) election-related agreements maintained by the County
# County-maintained 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

The request did <u>not</u> 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):

* [[Principle 3 - Establish Structure, Responsibility, and Authority|Principle 3 – Establish Structure, Responsibility, and Authority (3.09, 3.10, 3.11)]]
* [[Principle 17 - Evaluate Issues and Remediate Deficiencies|Principle 17 – Evaluate Issues and Remediate Deficiencies (17.05, 17.06,)]]

== Timeline ==

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

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