Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 10:45:03 GMT -6
Attorney: Impeach Arizona secretary of state official over ballot-book snafu
PHOENIX — With no time for a legal challenge and insufficient funds for a recall, an attorney is calling on the Republican-controlled Legislature to do something it’s unlikely to do: impeach Secretary of State Michele Reagan.
Tom Ryan said the blame for more than 400,000 Arizonans not getting their ballot pamphlets by the deadline required by law lies strictly on Reagan and Eric Spencer, her hand-picked elections director. Reagan, through a spokesman, said the problem was due to a mistake by an outside firm in preparing mailing lists.
Ryan said even if that is true, that does not excuse what happened next.
“She hid the fact that the publicity pamphlets had not gone out,” he said at a press conference outside the Capitol tower where Reagan has her office.
Read more: tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/attorney-impeach-arizona-secretary-of-state-official-over-ballot-book/article_14f458dd-243f-5f02-96f7-12c50f937777.html
PHOENIX — With no time for a legal challenge and insufficient funds for a recall, an attorney is calling on the Republican-controlled Legislature to do something it’s unlikely to do: impeach Secretary of State Michele Reagan.
Tom Ryan said the blame for more than 400,000 Arizonans not getting their ballot pamphlets by the deadline required by law lies strictly on Reagan and Eric Spencer, her hand-picked elections director. Reagan, through a spokesman, said the problem was due to a mistake by an outside firm in preparing mailing lists.
Ryan said even if that is true, that does not excuse what happened next.
“She hid the fact that the publicity pamphlets had not gone out,” he said at a press conference outside the Capitol tower where Reagan has her office.
Read more: tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/attorney-impeach-arizona-secretary-of-state-official-over-ballot-book/article_14f458dd-243f-5f02-96f7-12c50f937777.html