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

2026-09-15T17:53:28Z

June 8, 2026: Maricopa County's Ombudsman

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	Maricopa County management, with Katie Hobbs' oversight, were responsible when numerous election anomalies occurred during the 2020 General Election. Governance issues were identified in this assessment under [[The Anomalies\|"Election Anomalies"]] which used the [https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation] as objective information to identify governance issues. Katie Hobbs was accused of being unethical in her decision to not recuse herself from her Election Oversight responsibilities during the 2022 Mid-term election. Similarly, Maricopa county employees displayed unethical behavior by violating election procedures (See [[Dropbox Collection (2020)\|Dropbox Collection - 2020]]). Like Katie Hobbs, MC election personnel were not violating any laws, they were just violating the [https://apps.azsos.gov/election/files/epm/2025/Election-Procedures-Manual-2025--FINAL-12-22-25.pdf Election Procedures Manuals,] Interestingly, Katie Hobb's was responsible for those procedurs as the Arizona Secretary of State in 2020.		Maricopa County management, with Katie Hobbs' oversight, were responsible when numerous election anomalies occurred during the 2020 General Election. Governance issues were identified in this assessment under [[The Anomalies\|"Election Anomalies"]] which used the [https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation] as objective information to identify governance issues. Katie Hobbs was accused of being unethical in her decision to not recuse herself from her Election Oversight responsibilities during the 2022 Mid-term election. Similarly, Maricopa county employees displayed unethical behavior by violating election procedures (See [[Dropbox Collection (2020)\|Dropbox Collection - 2020]]). Like Katie Hobbs, MC election personnel were not violating any laws, they were just violating the [https://apps.azsos.gov/election/files/epm/2025/Election-Procedures-Manual-2025--FINAL-12-22-25.pdf Election Procedures Manuals,] Interestingly, Katie Hobb's was responsible for those procedurs as the Arizona Secretary of State in 2020.

	==== [[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. Senior leadership apparently condones the practice of using a dictionary definition of Ombudsman as the criterion for using Ombudsman in a Job Title. Ombudsmen that report to line management do not have the independence necessary to be in an oversight role.		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. Senior leadership apparently condones the practice of using a dictionary definition of Ombudsman as the criterion for using Ombudsman in a Job Title. Ombudsmen that report to line management do not have the independence necessary to be in an oversight role.

Neil thibodaux: /* Jamie's Story */

2026-09-15T13:46:50Z

Jamie's Story

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	==== [[November 2022: Mid-term Election]] ====		==== [[November 2022: Mid-term Election]] ====
	Maricopa County management, with Katie Hobbs' oversight, were responsible when numerous election anomalies occurred during the 2020 General Election. Governance issues were identified in this assessment under [[The Anomalies\|"Election Anomalies"]] which used the [https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation] as objective information to identify governance issues. Katie Hobbs was accused of being unethical in her decision to not recuse herself from her Election Oversight responsibilities during the 2022 Mid-term election. Similarly, Maricopa county employees displayed unethical behavior by violating election procedures (See [[Dropbox Collection (2020)\|Dropbox Collection - 2020]]). Like Katie Hobbs, MC election personnel were not violating any laws, they were just violating the [https://apps.azsos.gov/election/files/epm/2025/Election-Procedures-Manual-2025--FINAL-12-22-25.pdf Election Procedures Manuals,] Interestingly, Katie Hobb's was responsible for those procedurs as the Arizona Secretary of State in 2020.		Maricopa County management, with Katie Hobbs' oversight, were responsible when numerous election anomalies occurred during the 2020 General Election. Governance issues were identified in this assessment under [[The Anomalies\|"Election Anomalies"]] which used the [https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation] as objective information to identify governance issues. Katie Hobbs was accused of being unethical in her decision to not recuse herself from her Election Oversight responsibilities during the 2022 Mid-term election. Similarly, Maricopa county employees displayed unethical behavior by violating election procedures (See [[Dropbox Collection (2020)\|Dropbox Collection - 2020]]). Like Katie Hobbs, MC election personnel were not violating any laws, they were just violating the [https://apps.azsos.gov/election/files/epm/2025/Election-Procedures-Manual-2025--FINAL-12-22-25.pdf Election Procedures Manuals,] Interestingly, Katie Hobb's was responsible for those procedurs as the Arizona Secretary of State in 2020.

			==== [[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. Senior leadership apparently condones the practice of using a dictionary definition of Ombudsman as the criterion for using Ombudsman in a Job Title. Ombudsmen that report to line management do not have the independence necessary to be in an oversight role.

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

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

2026-09-10T00:37:48Z

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, 1.07, emphasizes the following:<blockquote>"Management may consider using policies, operating principles, guidelines, or training to regularly communicate and reinforce the standards of conduct to the organization."</blockquote>In this case, the Assistant Director for Recruitment and Training is directing employees to violate ~~the ballot instructions~~ to use ~~ballpoint pens~~ in email to inspectors and everyone on the board. The message is especially concerning coming from the Assistant Director of Recruitment and Training, which is likely to have been one of the few senior leaders from Maricopa County government these newly hired temporary workers met during ~~there~~ orientation, assuming an orientation was provided. The following are specific deviations.		This Green Book Attribute, 1.07, emphasizes the following:<blockquote>"Management may consider using policies, operating principles, guidelines, or training to regularly communicate and reinforce the standards of conduct to the organization."</blockquote>In this case, the Assistant Director for Recruitment and Training is directing employees to violate to use Sharpie Markers with known issues and concerns in email to inspectors and everyone on the board. The message is especially concerning coming from the Assistant Director of Recruitment and Training, which is likely to have been one of the few senior leaders from Maricopa County government these newly hired temporary workers met during their orientation, assuming an orientation was provided. The following are specific deviations.

	* 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.

Neil thibodaux: /* Election Anomalies */

2026-09-06T22:19:34Z

Election Anomalies

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	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===
	~~No examples~~ are ~~available~~ to ~~illustrate governance gaps for~~ this ~~attribute~~.
			===== [[2020 Maricopa County Directs Use of Sharpie Pens\|Maricopa County Directs the Use of Sharpie Pens]] =====
			This Green Book Attribute, 1.07, emphasizes the following:<blockquote>"Management may consider using policies, operating principles, guidelines, or training to regularly communicate and reinforce the standards of conduct to the organization."</blockquote>In this case, the Assistant Director for Recruitment and Training is directing employees to violate the ballot instructions to use ballpoint pens in email to inspectors and everyone on the board. The message is especially concerning coming from the Assistant Director of Recruitment and Training, which is likely to have been one of the few senior leaders from Maricopa County government these newly hired temporary workers met during there orientation, assuming an orientation was provided. The following are specific deviations.

			* 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.
			* 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.

Neil thibodaux: /* Jamie's Story */

2026-09-04T21:13:58Z

Jamie's Story

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	=== Jamie's Story ===		=== Jamie's Story ===
	~~No examples are available~~ to ~~illustrate~~ governance ~~gaps~~ for ~~this attribute~~.
			==== [[November 2022: Mid-term Election]] ====
			Maricopa County management, with Katie Hobbs' oversight, were responsible when numerous election anomalies occurred during the 2020 General Election. Governance issues were identified in this assessment under [[The Anomalies\|"Election Anomalies"]] which used the [https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf Arizona Attorney General's Office 2020 General Election Investigation] as objective information to identify governance issues. Katie Hobbs was accused of being unethical in her decision to not recuse herself from her Election Oversight responsibilities during the 2022 Mid-term election. Similarly, Maricopa county employees displayed unethical behavior by violating election procedures (See [[Dropbox Collection (2020)\|Dropbox Collection - 2020]]). Like Katie Hobbs, MC election personnel were not violating any laws, they were just violating the [https://apps.azsos.gov/election/files/epm/2025/Election-Procedures-Manual-2025--FINAL-12-22-25.pdf Election Procedures Manuals,] Interestingly, Katie Hobb's was responsible for those procedurs as the Arizona Secretary of State in 2020.

	=== Election Anomalies ===		=== Election Anomalies ===
	No examples are available to illustrate governance gaps for this attribute.		No examples are available to illustrate governance gaps for this attribute.

Neil thibodaux at 23:48, 19 August 2026

2026-08-19T23:48:47Z

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	* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''		* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''
	* '''Previous Attribute -''' '''[[1.06]]'''		* '''Previous Attribute -''' '''[[1.06]]'''
	* '''Next Attribute - [[1.08]]'''		* '''Next Attribute - [[1.08]]'''<br />
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	=== Jamie's Story ===		=== Jamie's Story ===
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Neil thibodaux at 23:48, 19 August 2026

2026-08-19T23:48:31Z

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	=== Jamie's Story ===		=== Jamie's Story ===

Neil thibodaux at 23:31, 19 August 2026

2026-08-19T23:31:55Z

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	* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''		* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''
	* '''Previous Attribute -''' '''1.06'''		* '''Previous Attribute -''' '''[[1.06]]'''
	* '''Next Attribute - 1.07'''		* '''Next Attribute - [[1.08]]'''

			=== Jamie's Story ===
			No examples are available to illustrate governance gaps for this attribute.

			=== Election Anomalies ===
			No examples are available to illustrate governance gaps for this attribute.

Neil thibodaux at 16:14, 15 August 2026

2026-08-15T16:14:28Z

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	* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''		* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''
	* '''Previous Attribute -''' '''?'''		* '''Previous Attribute -''' '''1.06'''
	* '''Next Attribute - ?'''		* '''Next Attribute - 1.07'''

Neil thibodaux at 16:13, 15 August 2026

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	'''Principle 1: Demonstrate Commitment to Integrity and Ethical Values'''		'''Principle 1: Demonstrate Commitment to Integrity and Ethical Values'''

	'''~~Standards~~ of ~~Conduct~~'''		'''Attribute 1.07:''' Management, with oversight from the oversight body, defines the organization's expectations of ethical values in the standards of conduct. Management may consider using policies, operating principles, guidelines, or training to regularly communicate and reinforce the standards of conduct to the organization.

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	'''Attribute ~~1.07:~~''' ~~Management, with oversight from the oversight body, defines the organization~~'s expectations of ethical values in the standards of conduct. Management may consider using policies, operating principles, guidelines, or training to regularly communicate and reinforce the standards of conduct to the organization.		* '''[[Index of Attributes]]'''
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