By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via PinalCentral
The state’s top prosecutor is siding with Republican legislators in their legal bid to demand access to election materials from Maricopa County.
In legal papers filed Wednesday, a top aide to Attorney General Mark Brnovich is urging Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Thomason to enforce the subpoena issued by Senate President Karen Fann and Sen. Eddie Farnsworth. Michael Catlett, a deputy solicitor general, told the judge that he “should recognize the Arizona Legislature’s broad authority to issue and enforce legislative subpoenas.”
But even with Brnovich’s backing, that may not be enough to convince Thomason that he should — or has the authority to — order Maricopa County to turn over a host of materials related to the election, from information on voters and duplicates of ballots to access to the counting equipment.
