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After a year of pondering the 2020 election anomalies, I wanted to know where were the documented lessons learned or corrective action processes? This is what I came to expect from any healthy organization. Unfortunately, I heard of none and could find any documentation to suggest any effort was taken to learn from these anomalies and take corrective actions. | You are here: Poor Governance Data; [[Poor Governance Examples]]; --[[The Story|Jamie's Examples]]; '''2021 My Journey Begins'''<blockquote>[[November 2022: Mid-term Election|November 2022: Ethical Issues with Katie Hobbs Overseeing Her Own Election]] is the next part of Jamie's Story</blockquote> | ||
----After a year of pondering the 2020 election anomalies, I wanted to know where were the documented lessons learned or corrective action processes? This is what I came to expect from any healthy organization. Unfortunately, I heard of none and could find any documentation to suggest any effort was taken to learn from these anomalies and take corrective actions. | |||
I began asking questions. I reached out to the Secretary of State, the Governor, and the Maricopa County Recorder. The Secretary of State responded that they couldn’t provide legal advice and referred me to the Governor. The Governor never responded. Although I spoke with the Recorder, I still never received an answer explaining what process existed to objectively evaluate a citizen’s governance concern. | I began asking questions. I reached out to the Secretary of State, the Governor, and the Maricopa County Recorder. The Secretary of State responded that they couldn’t provide legal advice and referred me to the Governor. The Governor never responded. Although I spoke with the Recorder, I still never received an answer explaining what process existed to objectively evaluate a citizen’s governance concern. | ||
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You are here: Poor Governance Data; Poor Governance Examples; --Jamie's Examples; 2021 My Journey Begins
November 2022: Ethical Issues with Katie Hobbs Overseeing Her Own Election is the next part of Jamie's Story
After a year of pondering the 2020 election anomalies, I wanted to know where were the documented lessons learned or corrective action processes? This is what I came to expect from any healthy organization. Unfortunately, I heard of none and could find any documentation to suggest any effort was taken to learn from these anomalies and take corrective actions.
I began asking questions. I reached out to the Secretary of State, the Governor, and the Maricopa County Recorder. The Secretary of State responded that they couldn’t provide legal advice and referred me to the Governor. The Governor never responded. Although I spoke with the Recorder, I still never received an answer explaining what process existed to objectively evaluate a citizen’s governance concern.
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.
Notable Governance Observations
For the purposes of this assessment, my unanswered inquiries to the Arizona Governor and Arizona Attorney General are being disregarded given that this assessment is focused on governance within Arizona counties. Therefore, my interface with Maricopa County Recorder remains relevant.
As an elected official, I saw the Maricopa County Recorder as serving an oversight role, which is why I sought to have my questions answered by the Maricopa County Recorder. Hence, Green Book Principle 2 - Exercise Oversight Responsibility was relevant. The Arizona Secretary of State is responsible for providing election oversight to all Arizona Counties (see November 2022: Mid-term Election). Therefore, the lack of a response from the Arizona Secretary of State was also relevant to this Principle.
Being a member of the public, the lack of external communication by the Maricopa County Recorder was also relevant to Principle 15 - Communicate Externally.
