Update to Governor Ducey Signs A Facially Unconstitutional Voter Suppression Bill. Jake Johnson reports at Salon, Democrat calls out Kyrsten Sinema for “directly enabling” new GOP voter purge law in Arizona: Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faced fresh backlash from civil rights groups [last week] after the Republican governor of her home state of Arizona signed into … Read more
The Associated Press reports, Arizona will require voters to prove citizenship, residency: Arizona’s Republican governor on Wednesday signed a bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship to vote in a presidential election, drawing fierce opposition from voting rights advocates who say it risks affecting some 200,000 people. The Legislature’s own lawyers say much of the … Read more
The GQP culture of corruption in Arizona runs wide and deep, it has existed for decades. One of the most contemptibe characters has long been Rep. David Gowan (R-Sierra Vista). Back in 2017, the Arizona Capitol Times exposed multiple abuses by Gowan. He was overpaid for travel reimbursements by a cool $12,000. He traveled extensively … Read more
I have been registered to vote in Arizona for some 45 years. I have voted in every primary and general election. I have run for precinct committeman and been elected on numerous occasions over these years. Now the MAGA/QAnon cult Big Lie election conpiracy theorists want me to provide proof of citizenship, and force me … Read more
Vox.com reported, State-level Republicans are going all in on extreme anti-trans, anti-abortion laws: Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are taking up anti-trans and anti-abortion bills at a shocking rate, as lawmakers seize on an enforcement mechanism first tested by Texas’s SB 8. Multiple states — including Florida, Idaho, Texas — and Arizona — have … Read more