One of the top election officials in Arizona's largest county has drastically downsized a team whose responsibilities included combating false information about elections.
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Heap’s announcement signals a shift away from the philosophy of his predecessor Stephen Richer, a Republican whose office had spent four years aggressively defending how elections were run and votes were counted in Maricopa County.
Heap “does not believe it is appropriate for government agencies to police online ‘misinformation,’” Stone said in an email to the AP. He said future threats toward election officials would be handled by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s not because they believe misinformation on social media,” Heap said during a debate in June. “It’s because they see the same problems happening election cycle after election cycle after election cycle, and they cannot get elected officials to even acknowledge that this is a massive problem and address their concerns.”
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