The Arizona Republic fka The Arizona Republican – and boy howdy have resident GQP apologist Robert Robb and partisan editor Phil Boas been doing their best to turn back the clock to The Arizona Republican lately – nevertheless editorialized on Thursday, Arizona’s GOP Senate is abusing its authority. It must end this election ‘audit’ now: Republicans in … Read more
Arizona’s “Wimpy Kid” Governor Doug Ducey caved to pressure from the MAGA/QAnon mob of COVID deniers and insurrectionists, and signed two controversial bills late Friday — one that exempts businesses from following mask mandates, and another that bans private funds for election administration. The Arizona Republic reports, Ducey signs bill to let businesses ignore mask mandates; law … Read more
Republicans in the Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to block counties from applying for private grants to make up for state funding shortfalls that the counties say they need to properly run elections. So much for their feigned concern about election integrity and security. Howard Fischer reports, Arizona Senate OKs prohibiting counties from applying for private … Read more
Zach Beauchamp at Vox earlier reported, The conservative movement is rejecting America: The right-wing rebellion against American democracy is often subtle, expressing itself through tricky changes to election law without a full-throated acknowledgment of what lawmakers are actually doing. But sometimes, the mask slips — and someone in the conservative movement openly tells you what’s … Read more
New political science research suggests Republican control over state government is correlated with large and measurable declines in the health of a state’s democracy. Zach Beauchamp reports at Vox, Study: Republican control of state government is bad for democracy: The paper, by University of Washington professor Jake Grumbach, constructs a quantitative measure of democratic health at … Read more