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Stephen Richer: “The number one thing that we hear about is we would like to…”

Featuring: Stephen Richer, Republican | Maricopa County Recorder | Arizona

Maricopa County recorder talks about new investments in election department

Published May 28, 2023 | Video Starts at 00:54

And I believe it's going to cost about what, $70 million? Well, that was for a new facility altogether, but this will just be a short term expansion of the facility. The number one thing that we hear about is we would like to have a higher percentage of the results within the first 48 hours. And so what I really pushed for was, well, then get your early ballots back early. That wasn't so successful. That didn't work. You tried real hard, but that didn't work. (00:54–01:13)

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“It doesn't look like that's going to happen either.”
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“The board of supervisors, which oversees this component of election administration, they had an outside team come in, take a look at this.”
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“It was chaired by former Supreme Court justice Ruth MacGregor.”
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“That is leading to the purchase of new printers and the redesign and reconfiguration of the testing process.”
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“We've had a number of members of the media come in on Tuesday. We had a faith group come in on Wednesday.”
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“We've been doing as much videos.”
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“I built the wall.”
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“We think about it in three components, which is the security of your ballot, the security of the voter, and the security of the people who…”
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“We've looked at some of the polling of who do people trust? And one of the first ones that comes up is firefighters.”
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“The early ballot and mail ballot process is something that we've had in Arizona since 1992.”
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“It was dominated by Republicans who wanted, especially older demographics, to not have to deal with the hassle of showing up to a voting…”
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“Take a look at what's happened to this judge who ruled against Cary Lake. He was following the law. He served admirably for 13 years. He was…”
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