Stephen Richer is our current Republican Maricopa County Recorder. He is responsible for vote-by-mail, voter registration, and public document recording in Maricopa County. He unseated the incumbent Democrat in 2020 and is now up for re-election.
CLEAN VOTER ROLLS
When Stephen took office, Maricopa County had 2.6 million registered voters. Now, it has only 2.4 million registered voters despite being the fastest growing county in the United States. This is thanks to Stephen’s lawful voter roll clean-up efforts.
PREVENT TITLE FRAUD
Stephen’s team recently launched Maricopa Title Alert. This free service offers alerts any time anything is recorded with the user’s name, trust name, or business name. This allows the user to monitor against title fraud or other unlawful recordings.
TRACK YOUR BALLOT
Every single registered voter now has an individual voter dashboard at BeBallotReady.Vote. This dashboard allows the voter to see all relevant election information – upcoming election dates, individual voting history, sample ballots, and how to sign up for text message or email ballot tracking alerts.
LIFELONG CONSERVATIVE
Stephen is a lifelong conservative who is committed to the cause. He has worked at great conservative think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute and Cato Institute. He is a member of The Federalist Society. He has litigated against government regulatory overreach while at the conservative Washington Legal Foundation. And he has consistently advocated in writing and campaigns for free markets, individual liberty, and the rule of law.
ELECTION TOURS
Stephen has personally given over 100 tours of the county’s election facility to open up the internal processes to the public, increasing transparency and trust in our elections.
STRONGER VOTE-BY-MAIL CONTROLS
Stephen has strengthened controls over the vote-by-mail process. He has added chain of custody documentation; he has enhanced the signature verification process; and he has added layers of physical and digital security.
INCREDIBLY HARD-WORKING
According to one journalist who requested Stephen’s county badge access entry scans, Stephen “scans into his office building in Downtown Phoenix way more than I think anybody could have ever imagined. That’s not even hyperbole. … He might live there. … I previously looked into statewide office holders, and noted how it’s not the best way to measure how much elected officials are doing their jobs, but none of them came anywhere close to the current county recorder.”
“THE MOST TRANSPARENT ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTRY.”
Chris Krebs, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under President Trump, called Stephen “the most transparent election official in the country.” Stephen has given over 100 election tours; he has hosted live-streamed “Ask Me Anything” sessions; he has built a new elections website; he has conducted tele-townhalls; he has installed new high-definition video cameras for public viewing of election processes; he has written over 30 articles and reports about the election process; he has produced videos; he has expanded the deputy registrar program, and more. If you want information about Stephen’s office, just ask him, he’ll respond.
IMPROVED ACCESS
Upon taking office, Stephen reopened the front counter that had been closed due to COVID. He has built a new, more accessible portal for military and overseas voters. He has expanded the number of Republican-Democrat bipartisan teams that can visit voters at hospitals and nursing facilities to help with the voter registration and voting process.
FOLLOWS THE LAW
If you want to know about real facts, and real law, don’t look to social media, look to our state and federal courts. There, in the courts, Stephen is undefeated. Stephen has won over 30 court cases regarding election administration and public records, and he has not lost a single one.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Under Stephen’s watch, call wait times, even during busy periods, have decreased by 20%. Fulfillment times for public records requests have gone down significantly, despite the volume having increased by an average of 300% per year. And his office now responds to most constituent emails within an hour.
ENDORSED BY PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Stephen is a no-nonsense conservative who gets stuff done. That’s why he's been endorsed by other executives like Governor Doug Ducey and Governor Jan Brewer. And that’s why he’s been endorsed by the longest-serving recorder in the county’s history, Helen Purcell.
“THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTRY’S MOST IMPORTANT SWING STATE.”
NBC News recently aired a national segment that called Stephen, “The Most Important Election Official in the Country’s Most Important Swing State.” Stephen is critical to the lawful, honest future of Arizona governance.
Stephen Richer is our current Republican Maricopa County Recorder. He is responsible for vote-by-mail, voter registration, and public document recording in Maricopa County. He unseated the incumbent Democrat in 2020 and is now up for re-election.
CLEAN VOTER ROLLS
When Stephen took office, Maricopa County had 2.6 million registered voters. Now, it has only 2.4 million registered voters despite being the fastest growing county in the United States. This is thanks to Stephen’s lawful voter roll clean-up efforts.
PREVENT TITLE FRAUD
Stephen’s team recently launched Maricopa Title Alert. This free service offers alerts any time anything is recorded with the user’s name, trust name, or business name. This allows the user to monitor against title fraud or other unlawful recordings.
TRACK YOUR BALLOT
Every single registered voter now has an individual voter dashboard at BeBallotReady.Vote. This dashboard allows the voter to see all relevant election information – upcoming election dates, individual voting history, sample ballots, and how to sign up for text message or email ballot tracking alerts.
LIFELONG CONSERVATIVE
Stephen is a lifelong conservative who is committed to the cause. He has worked at great conservative think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute and Cato Institute. He is a member of The Federalist Society. He has litigated against government regulatory overreach while at the conservative Washington Legal Foundation. And he has consistently advocated in writing and campaigns for free markets, individual liberty, and the rule of law.
ELECTION TOURS
Stephen has personally given over 100 tours of the county’s election facility to open up the internal processes to the public, increasing transparency and trust in our elections.
STRONGER VOTE-BY-MAIL CONTROLS
Stephen has strengthened controls over the vote-by-mail process. He has added chain of custody documentation; he has enhanced the signature verification process; and he has added layers of physical and digital security.
INCREDIBLY HARD-WORKING
According to one journalist who requested Stephen’s county badge access entry scans, Stephen “scans into his office building in Downtown Phoenix way more than I think anybody could have ever imagined. That’s not even hyperbole. … He might live there. … I previously looked into statewide office holders, and noted how it’s not the best way to measure how much elected officials are doing their jobs, but none of them came anywhere close to the current county recorder.”
“THE MOST TRANSPARENT ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTRY.”
Chris Krebs, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under President Trump, called Stephen “the most transparent election official in the country.” Stephen has given over 100 election tours; he has hosted live-streamed “Ask Me Anything” sessions; he has built a new elections website; he has conducted tele-townhalls; he has installed new high-definition video cameras for public viewing of election processes; he has written over 30 articles and reports about the election process; he has produced videos; he has expanded the deputy registrar program, and more. If you want information about Stephen’s office, just ask him, he’ll respond.
IMPROVED ACCESS
Upon taking office, Stephen reopened the front counter that had been closed due to COVID. He has built a new, more accessible portal for military and overseas voters. He has expanded the number of Republican-Democrat bipartisan teams that can visit voters at hospitals and nursing facilities to help with the voter registration and voting process.
FOLLOWS THE LAW
If you want to know about real facts, and real law, don’t look to social media, look to our state and federal courts. There, in the courts, Stephen is undefeated. Stephen has won over 30 court cases regarding election administration and public records, and he has not lost a single one.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Under Stephen’s watch, call wait times, even during busy periods, have decreased by 20%. Fulfillment times for public records requests have gone down significantly, despite the volume having increased by an average of 300% per year. And his office now responds to most constituent emails within an hour.
ENDORSED BY PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Stephen is a no-nonsense conservative who gets stuff done. That’s why he’s been endorsed by other executives like Governor Doug Ducey and Governor Jan Brewer. And that’s why he’s been endorsed by the longest-serving recorder in the county’s history, Helen Purcell.
“THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTRY’S MOST IMPORTANT SWING STATE.”
NBC News recently aired a national segment that called Stephen, “The Most Important Election Official in the Country’s Most Important Swing State.” Stephen is critical to the lawful, honest future of Arizona governance.