Update to Authoritarian Rethuglicans Propose The Most Blatant Voter Disenfranchisement Bill Ever (Updated) (excerpt): The chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill January 27 that would allow the Legislature to override the secretary of state’s certification of the state’s electoral votes. HB 2720 (.pdf), sponsored by Rep. Shawnna Bolick, R-Phoenix, says … Read more
The Arizona Mirror recently reported, There wouldn’t have been a #StopTheSteal campaign in Arizona without Mark Finchem: The lead organizer of the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C., that turned into a deadly coup attempt based on the false idea that Donald Trump failed to win a second term as president because of massive voter … Read more
Update to Authoritarian Rethuglicans In The Arizona Legislature To Decide That They Are Above The Law (excerpt): Republican senators, having been thwarted in their efforts to arrest the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, have dreamed up a new plan for how to get their hands on the county’s ballots from the November election. Simply pass a … Read more
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, branded Arizona “the meth lab of democracy” (in 2010). Nothing has changed in over a decade. Many of the Republican “cooks” in that meth lab unbelievably are still serving in the Arizona legislature. “No state is considering more bills to restrict voting rights than Arizona, where activists … Read more
Well this was fun. Good times, good times. The GQP’s Queen of voter suppression, Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale) saw her bill to remove the “permanent” from the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL) – created several years ago when Republicans still held a decisive advantage in early voting, since equaled and surpassed by the Democratic Party – … Read more