November 10, 2018
VIA MAIL AND EMAIL
Talia Offord
Colleen Connor
Maricopa County Recorder
111 South 3rd Avenue, #103
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
voterinfo@risc.maricopa.gov
Re: Public Records Request
Dear Ms. Offord and Connor:
As you are aware from my previous correspondence, this office represents the Arizona Republican
Party regarding the November 6, 2018 general election. I am writing on behalf of the Arizona Republican
Party to request production of public records under the control of the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office
for non-commercial purposes. This request is made pursuant to Arizona’s Public Record law, codified at Ariz.
Rev. Stat. §§ 39-121 et seq.
For purposes of this request, the following terms shall apply:
1. “Recorder’s Office Personnel” shall include any individual employed by, representing, or otherwise
affiliated with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office.
2. “The Democratic Party” shall include any individual employed by, representing, or otherwise affiliated
with the Democratic Party, including but not necessarily limited to, The Arizona Democratic Party, The
Maricopa County Democratic Party, and/or the National Democratic Party.
3. “Recorder Fontes” shall include Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes, as well as any agent,
representative, employee, and/or spokesperson of Recorder Fontes.
4. “George Soros” shall include George Soros, as well as any agent, representative, employee, and/or
spokesperson of George Soros.
5. “Tom Steyer” shall include Tom Steyer, as well as any agent, representative, employee, and/or
spokesperson of Tom Steyer, NextGen, NextGen America, and/or Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona.
We hereby request access to the following information:

649 North Fourth Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
www.statecraftlaw.com

 

 

 Public Records Request
November 10, 2018

1. Any and all correspondence, e-mails, memoranda, notes, text messages, or voicemail documents created,
sent, or received by Recorder Fontes and/or Recorder’s Office Personnel since November 1, 2017,
referencing or mentioning the time period within which voters will be permitted to verify signatures on
their early ballot affidavit envelope.
2. Any and all correspondence, e-mails, memoranda, notes, text messages, voicemail documents, and/or
calendar entries reflecting or referring to communications between or among Recorder Fontes and/or
The Democratic Party, specifically including but not limited to any emails between Recorder Fontes
and/or Recorder’s Office Personnel and any email address ending in “@dnc.org”, “@dscc.org”,
“@perkinscoie.com”, “@cblaywers.com”, and/or “@kyrstensinema.com”.
3. Any and all correspondence, e-mails, memoranda, notes, text messages, or voicemail documents created,
sent, or received by Recorder Fontes since November 1, 2017 mentioning or referencing emergency
voting centers.
4. Any and all correspondence, e-mails, memoranda, notes, text messages, voicemail documents and/or
calendar entries exchanged between Recorder Fontes’ personal account(s) and/or devices and Recorder
Fontes’ government accounts and/or devices account since January 3, 2017.
5. Any and all correspondence, e-mails, memoranda, notes, text messages, voicemail documents, and/or
calendar entries created, sent, or received by Recorder Fontes and/or Recorder’s Office Personnel
mentioning or referring to Tom Steyer and/or George Soros.
6. Any and all correspondence, e-mails, memoranda, notes, text messages, voicemail documents, and/or
calendar entries reflecting any communications between Recorder Fontes and/or Recorder’s Office
Personnel on the one hand, and Tom Steyer and/or George Soros on the other.
In the event that one or more items are deemed confidential, we request that any confidential material
be redacted and the remainder of the item be provided. Although a non-commercial request, we will pay all
reasonable copying expenses up to $500 in the event the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office does consider
this request to be commercial to expedite the request. In the event the cost will exceed this amount, please
contact me.
We respectfully request that you please produce the documents responsive to this request on a rolling
basis beginning Monday, November 12, 2018, at a location that is convenient for your office. We appreciate
your attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please contact me at (602) 382-6312. Thank you.

/s/ Kory Langhofer
Kory Langhofer
CC: Talia Offord (offordt@mcao.maricopa.gov)
Colleen Connor (connorc@mcao.maricopa.gov)

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