Maricopa County recorder challenged over plan to mail unrequested ballots

Published May 9, 2025 11:27am ET



Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s plan to mail ballots to voters who did not request them in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District primary election has some fellow Republicans speaking out.

Heap, a MAGA-aligned Republican who has previously spread conspiracies about mail-in ballots, announced this week that he would mail ballots to some 57,000 voters. Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) called for a special election in the district following the death of longtime Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) earlier this year.

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