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Maricopa supervisors approve $550,000 for signature-verification workstations amid Agilis dispute
Summary
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 Feb. 25 to reallocate $550,000 to the Recorder’s Office for signature-verification workstations and tenant improvements; county staff said the funds come from legislative contingency, not for the Agilis machine, while critics pressed for more transparency about the upgrade and related state funding.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 on Feb. 25 to approve a $550,000 appropriation adjustment for the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office to fund signature-verification workstations and related facility improvements.
The item, which used funds the state legislature provided and the county holds in contingency, drew sustained public and board scrutiny because residents and some supervisors asked whether the reallocation buys an Agilis voting system or otherwise relates to litigation and a separate $4 million legislative grant to the recorder.
County Manager’s office staff told the board the appropriation is not for the Agilis machine. “This item is not to fund the Agilis machine,” the county manager said,…
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