County Recorder Justin Heap told the Maricopa “Board of Supervisors during a Sept. 30 meeting to expect delays in the delivery of mail ballots because the USPS closed a central Phoenix facility.” In his words: “It has to do with the post office. Many people may not be aware, but the post office closed down their central facility in Phoenix a year ago, which means now everything is routed through San Diego.”
“[A] spokesperson for the USPS told KTAR News 92.3 FM that it has not closed any Valley processing facilities and it has ‘more than enough capacity” to handle Maricopa County election mail volume.” Maricopa County D2 Supervisor Thomas Galvin told The Mike Broomhead Show: “I don’t know if he’s lying here, or I don’t know if he’s mistaken…But either way, Justin Heap has a responsibility, especially now that ballots are out in the mail, to level with the public and tell the truth, for once and for all, whether or not ballots are going through San Diego.”
“Heap’s office did not respond to KTAR News’ request for clarification… Galvin said he has ‘a real problem’ with Heap failing to issue a public statement or correction or reach out… ‘I have not received an email, a phone call from Justin Heap correcting the record. Justin Heap has a pattern of not telling the truth,’ Galvin said.” Galvin wound up his interview touching on public safety issues and flock cameras, the BNSF project in the northwest Valley, and “a victory for the environment” in the EPA’s proposed approval of Maricopa County Rule 204.