Pinal County District 1 supervisor Kevin Kavanaugh claims he accidentally changed party affiliation in a computer accident earlier this month.

According to voter documents obtained by InMaricopa, Cavanaugh changed party affiliation from the Republican Party to the Liberal Party on February 9.However, the supervisor’s office states that when he changes his mailing address, “From the dropdown his menu[リバタリアン]I may have clicked ‘, which I later fixed.

A review of Service Arizona’s voter registration website indicated that a drop-down menu of political affiliations was available, but Libertarians had several options under Republican, followed by “Other.” Write options follow. Cavanaugh’s revised document was not immediately available.

“This took us all by surprise. ‘We didn’t know it was happening.'”

Serdy said the last time he spoke with Cavanaugh at a special board meeting on February 3, there was no indication of a change of party.

“I am as amazed as anyone else,” Serdi said. “Why are you changing?”

The party change will be interesting, as Pinal County voters leaned heavily Republican in 2022. But it’s also been a tough year for district supervisors, with bizarre allegations and legal drama.

This month, Cavanaugh was the only supervisor to seek recovery of performance bonuses from Virginia Ross for the 2022 Pinal County Election Commission, claiming the county “didn’t quite get it right” in the 2022 election. Did. Supervisor Jeff McClure accused Kavanaugh of promoting conspiracy theories.

Last year, Pinal County Chief of Staff Garland Shreeves and county finance manager Amanda Stanford filed a lawsuit against Kavanaugh totaling $13 million. In the lawsuit, each alleged that Kavanaugh started rumors that Stanford had been hired in exchange for sexual favors.

An investigation later commissioned by Pinal County found no evidence to support Kavanaugh’s allegations. It is possible that there was some motive.”

At the February 3 meeting, Cavanaugh was the only board member to dismiss the investigation and oppose making the findings public. He argued that it could “undermine the effectiveness” of the county and was not a public record.

In addition, former Apache Junction City Councilman and congressional candidate Braden Biggs fired Kavanaugh in May for failing to live up to his financially conservative rhetoric. Biggs alleged that Cavanaugh requested an exorbitant budget of over $555,000 for his office and employees for the 2022-23 fiscal year.