1.02 - Revision history

Neil thibodaux: /* June 8, 2026: Arizona State Ombudsman Replies */

2026-09-15T19:42:31Z

June 8, 2026: Arizona State Ombudsman Replies

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	==== [[June 8, 2026: Arizona State Ombudsman Replies]] ====		==== [[June 8, 2026: Arizona State Ombudsman Replies]] ====
	Maricopa County's Ombudsman are ethically deficient to Arizona State Ombudsman. Maricopa County has job positions with Ombudsman in the title. However, Maricopa County Ombudsmen 1) are not trained as Ombudsman, 2) are not operating within an internationally recognized process for Ombudsman, and do not have their independence legally established by statute or county ordinance.		Maricopa County's Ombudsman are ethically deficient to Arizona State Ombudsman. Maricopa County has job positions with Ombudsman in the title. However, Maricopa County Ombudsmen 1) are not trained as Ombudsman, 2) are not operating within an internationally recognized process for Ombudsman, and do not have their independence legally established by statute or county ordinance.

			==== [[June 9, 2026: Maricopa County Ombudsman Replies]] ====
			The Maricopa County Ombudsman was not fulfilling the expected Ombudsman to listen to citizen issues and conduct an independent investigation accordingly. In this case, the Ombudsman read remail, referred the request to another department and informed Jamie of the action she had taken. Ethically, this isn't the expected response from an Ombudsman operating within the government sector.

	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===

Neil thibodaux: /* June 8, 2026: Maricopa County's Ombudsman */

2026-09-15T17:50:26Z

June 8, 2026: Maricopa County's Ombudsman

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	The absence of documentation justifying the need for changes to the Runbeck contract and inconsistent approval signatures may have been ethical issues. It's difficult to ascertain given the absence of documentation. These are integrity lapses given that justification for change and approval signatures are expected in business contracts.		The absence of documentation justifying the need for changes to the Runbeck contract and inconsistent approval signatures may have been ethical issues. It's difficult to ascertain given the absence of documentation. These are integrity lapses given that justification for change and approval signatures are expected in business contracts.

	==== [[June 8, 2026: ~~Maricopa County's~~ Ombudsman]] ====		==== [[June 8, 2026: Arizona State Ombudsman Replies]] ====
	Maricopa County's Ombudsman are ethically deficient to Arizona State Ombudsman. Maricopa County has job positions with Ombudsman in the title. However, Maricopa County Ombudsmen 1) are not trained as Ombudsman, 2) are not operating within an internationally recognized process for Ombudsman, and do not have their independence legally established by statute or county ordinance.		Maricopa County's Ombudsman are ethically deficient to Arizona State Ombudsman. Maricopa County has job positions with Ombudsman in the title. However, Maricopa County Ombudsmen 1) are not trained as Ombudsman, 2) are not operating within an internationally recognized process for Ombudsman, and do not have their independence legally established by statute or county ordinance.

Neil thibodaux: /* Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens */

2026-09-15T13:22:01Z

Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens

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	* Allegation #6, [[The Anomalies#Unknown Published Election Fraud Flyer (2020)\|Unknown Published Election Fraud Flyer (2020)]]		* Allegation #6, [[The Anomalies#Unknown Published Election Fraud Flyer (2020)\|Unknown Published Election Fraud Flyer (2020)]]

	===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====		==== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] ====
	This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:		This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:

Neil thibodaux: /* June 25, 2025: Runbeck Contract Delivered */

2026-09-15T13:21:05Z

June 25, 2025: Runbeck Contract Delivered

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	==== [[June 25, 2025: Runbeck Contract Delivered]] ====		==== [[June 25, 2025: Runbeck Contract Delivered]] ====
	The absence of documentation justifying the need for changes to the Runbeck contract and inconsistent approval signatures may have been ethical issues. It's difficult to ascertain given the absence of documentation. These are integrity lapses given that justification for change and approval signatures are expected in business contracts.		The absence of documentation justifying the need for changes to the Runbeck contract and inconsistent approval signatures may have been ethical issues. It's difficult to ascertain given the absence of documentation. These are integrity lapses given that justification for change and approval signatures are expected in business contracts.

			==== [[June 8, 2026: Maricopa County's Ombudsman]] ====
			Maricopa County's Ombudsman are ethically deficient to Arizona State Ombudsman. Maricopa County has job positions with Ombudsman in the title. However, Maricopa County Ombudsmen 1) are not trained as Ombudsman, 2) are not operating within an internationally recognized process for Ombudsman, and do not have their independence legally established by statute or county ordinance.

	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===

Neil thibodaux: /* May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato */

2026-09-11T22:47:12Z

May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato

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	==== [[May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato]] ====		==== [[May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato]] ====
	A Maricopa County employee replied to one of Jamie's inquiries with “We have no statutory responsibility to answer your questions.” This comment would be expected from a frontline employee given that Maricopa County leadership and legal team included the following in their [[March 12, 2026: Maricopa County Defense Briefing]], "Defendants have no duty to explain." Contrary to Green Book Attribute 1.02, Maricopa County culture appears to be aligned from top to bottom. However, they are aligned to an arrogant attitude, representing poor governance and disrespect towards its citizens.		A Maricopa County employee replied to one of Jamie's inquiries with “We have no statutory responsibility to answer your questions.” This comment would be expected from a frontline employee given that Maricopa County leadership and legal team included the following in their [[March 12, 2026: Maricopa County Defense Briefing]], "Defendants have no duty to explain." Contrary to Green Book Attribute 1.02, Maricopa County culture appears to be aligned from top to bottom. However, they are aligned to an arrogant attitude, representing poor governance and disrespect towards its citizens.

			==== [[June 25, 2025: Runbeck Contract Delivered]] ====
			The absence of documentation justifying the need for changes to the Runbeck contract and inconsistent approval signatures may have been ethical issues. It's difficult to ascertain given the absence of documentation. These are integrity lapses given that justification for change and approval signatures are expected in business contracts.

	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===

Neil thibodaux: /* May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato */

2026-09-11T19:55:41Z

May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato

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	==== [[May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato]] ====		==== [[May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato]] ====
	A Maricopa County employee replied to one Jamie's inquiries with “We have no statutory responsibility to answer your questions.” This comment would be expected from a frontline employee given that Maricopa County leadership and legal team included the following in their [[March 12, 2026: Maricopa County Defense Briefing]], "Defendants have no duty to explain." Contrary to Green Book Attribute 1.02, Maricopa culture appears to be aligned from top to bottom, ~~but~~ they are aligned to an arrogant attitude, representing poor governance and disrespect towards its citizens.		A Maricopa County employee replied to one of Jamie's inquiries with “We have no statutory responsibility to answer your questions.” This comment would be expected from a frontline employee given that Maricopa County leadership and legal team included the following in their [[March 12, 2026: Maricopa County Defense Briefing]], "Defendants have no duty to explain." Contrary to Green Book Attribute 1.02, Maricopa County culture appears to be aligned from top to bottom. However, they are aligned to an arrogant attitude, representing poor governance and disrespect towards its citizens.

	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===

Neil thibodaux: /* Jamie's Story */

2026-09-11T19:49:29Z

Jamie's Story

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	==== [[November 2022: Mid-term Election]] ====		==== [[November 2022: Mid-term Election]] ====
	Katie Hobbs was serving as the Arizona Secretary of State while running for Arizona Governor during the 2022 Mid-term elections. Katie was serving an oversight role for all Arizona county elections as the Arizona Secretary of State. Relevant to this Green Book Attribute 1.02, she refused to recuse herself from the oversight role, from which ethical questions arose. There were no legal restrictions to prevent her from remaining in the oversight role. This was an ethical question directed at the one person that was solely responsible for overseeing her own election.		Katie Hobbs was serving as the Arizona Secretary of State while running for Arizona Governor during the 2022 Mid-term elections. Katie was serving an oversight role for all Arizona county elections as the Arizona Secretary of State. Relevant to this Green Book Attribute 1.02, she refused to recuse herself from the oversight role, from which ethical questions arose. There were no legal restrictions to prevent her from remaining in the oversight role. This was an ethical question directed at the one person that was solely responsible for overseeing her own election.

			==== [[May 15, 2025: Let’s Play Hot Potato]] ====
			A Maricopa County employee replied to one Jamie's inquiries with “We have no statutory responsibility to answer your questions.” This comment would be expected from a frontline employee given that Maricopa County leadership and legal team included the following in their [[March 12, 2026: Maricopa County Defense Briefing]], "Defendants have no duty to explain." Contrary to Green Book Attribute 1.02, Maricopa culture appears to be aligned from top to bottom, but they are aligned to an arrogant attitude, representing poor governance and disrespect towards its citizens.

	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===

Neil thibodaux: /* Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens */

2026-09-10T00:27:08Z

Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens

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	===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====		===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====
	This Green Book Attribute, 1.01, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:		This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:

	* Maricopa County Leader directed the use of ''Sharpie Markers'' on Election Day contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020. Maricopa County Leader asked personnel to stop using S''harpie Marker''s and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.		* Maricopa County Leader directed the use of ''Sharpie Markers'' on Election Day contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020. Maricopa County Leader asked personnel to stop using S''harpie Marker''s and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.

Neil thibodaux: /* Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens */

2026-09-09T22:45:45Z

Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens

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	===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====		===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====
	This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:		This Green Book Attribute, 1.01, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:

	* Maricopa County ~~Leadership <u>~~directed the use of ''Sharpie Markers'' on Election Day~~</u>~~ contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020.		* Maricopa County Leader directed the use of ''Sharpie Markers'' on Election Day contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020. Maricopa County Leader asked personnel to stop using S''harpie Marker''s and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.
	* Maricopa County ~~Leadership~~ asked personnel to ~~<u>~~stop using S''harpie Marker''s and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day~~</u>~~ in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.		* Inspectors were the target audience of this email message. The inspectors were informed of issues and concerns with Sharpie Markers. Yet, the email asked inspectors to intentionally distribute Sharpie Pens on Election Day after issues and concerns with the use of Sharpie Pens had been identified. The very people (i.e., inspectors) that should have been ensuring secure elections apparently complied with the request to distributed Sharpie Marker to voters on Election Day, even though there were know issues with Sharpie Markers. The Maricopa County Leader seeks to ensure everyone is passing out Sharpie Markers contrary to the ballot instructions. Everyone is alerted to issues and concerns with the Sharpie Markers, but apparently no one questioned their extensive use on Election Day. This email message was delivered by the Elections Department Assistant Director for Recruitment and Training. In this case, numerous temporary workers are hired for a short period of time, for the single purpose of supporting an election. The Assistant Director for Recruitment and Training would have been more influential to newly hired temporary workers. It seems odd that a staff management position (i.e., Training) would be communicating a line management decision, or what should be a line management decision.
	* Inspectors were the target audience of this email message. The email asked inspectors to intentionally distribute Sharpie Pens on Election Day ~~in the same email that had also acknowledgeed there are~~ issues with the use of Sharpie Pens ~~on ballots prior to October 22, 2020~~. The very people (i.e., inspectors) that should have been ~~directing compliance~~ with the ~~ballot instructions the use of ball point pens were being told~~ to ~~violate ballot instructions by ensuring poll workers~~ distributed Sharpie Marker to voters on Election Day, even though there were know issues with Sharpie Markers.		* An investigation into 2022 Mid-term election anomalies confirmed that Sharpie Markers bled through some ballots, which would be consistent with the reports of "issues and concerns" identified with the use of Sharpie Markers before October 22, 2020.
			* As Maricopa County tells the story, they were concerned about long lines at voting centers. Their story goes on to attribute ballot tabulator fouling as the cause of long lines; delays and long lines occurred when voting stopped to clean the tabulators. They attributed fouling of the ballot tabulator to the wet ink from ballpoint pens being transferred to the tabulator. Their solution was to distribute Sharpie Markers at the Voting Centers to the voters; Sharpie ink apparently dries faster than ballpoint pen ink. The problem with their story is that it sounds more like an excuse than a plan. If any part of their story had been documented, which showed a thoughtful investigation, then most of the public's suspicions of foul play even would have been resolved, even if the corrective action to use Sharpie Markers was wrong.

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Neil thibodaux: /* Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens */

2026-09-06T21:57:54Z

Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens

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	===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====		===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====
	This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, ~~emphasis~~ the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:		This Green Book Attribute, 1.02, emphasizes the importance of integrity and ethics. Contrary to this attribute, the following unethical practices were revealed by Maricopa County:

	* Maricopa County Leadership <u>directed the use of ''Sharpie Markers'' on Election Day</u> contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020.		* Maricopa County Leadership <u>directed the use of ''Sharpie Markers'' on Election Day</u> contrary to their acknowledgement of issues arising from the use of Sharpie Markers, which had occurred prior to October 22, 2020.
	* Maricopa County Leadership asked personnel to <u>stop using S''harpie Marker''s and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day</u> in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.		* Maricopa County Leadership asked personnel to <u>stop using S''harpie Marker''s and use Ballpoint Pens until the Election Day</u> in an apparent attempt to prevent premature escalation of the issue until after the election.
	* Inspectors were the target audience of this email message. The email asked inspectors to intentionally distribute Sharpie Pens on Election Day in the same email that had also acknowledgeed there are issues with the use of Sharpie Pens on ballots prior to October 22, 2020. The very people (i.e., inspectors) that should have been directing compliance with the ballot instructions the use of ball point pens were being told to violate ballot instructions by ensuring poll workers distributed Sharpie Marker to voters on Election Day, even though there were know issues with Sharpie Markers.		* Inspectors were the target audience of this email message. The email asked inspectors to intentionally distribute Sharpie Pens on Election Day in the same email that had also acknowledgeed there are issues with the use of Sharpie Pens on ballots prior to October 22, 2020. The very people (i.e., inspectors) that should have been directing compliance with the ballot instructions the use of ball point pens were being told to violate ballot instructions by ensuring poll workers distributed Sharpie Marker to voters on Election Day, even though there were know issues with Sharpie Markers.