The step continues a monthslong dispute between the state officials, who both seek higher office, over guidelines for running the 2022 election.
The fight between two high-level state officials over a little-known manual that outlines election procedures in Arizona is now going to court.
Will Gaona, legislative director for the Secretary of State's Office, noted on social media that Brnovich in 2019 helped to write the very rules that allow the use of drop boxes for ballot collection without any mention of requirements for monitoring them. Hobbs at the time accepted some of his deletions, but objected to others, arguing Brnovich sought to remove nearly one-third of the manual's provisions without providing any legal justification.
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