Arizona Republican Proposes Bill That Would Allow Politicians To Overturn Elections
Source: Huff Post
Jan 30, 2024, 04:57 PM EST
Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern (R), a fake elector for Donald Trump in 2020 who was also photographed on Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack, has filed a longshot proposal to allow Arizona politicians to overturn the will of voters in presidential elections.
Its the latest in a long line of similar bills in Arizona, where Joe Biden won the popular vote in 2020 fueling years of Republican rage, baseless audits of the vote, and preemptive attempts to deliver the state for Trump in 2024.
Currently, Arizona voters, via a standard popular vote, decide whos awarded the states 11 presidential electors. Presidential candidates generally need at least 270 Electoral College votes to win the White House.
Kerns new bill, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1014, would let state legislators decide how Electoral College votes are assigned in Arizona. After some introductory text, the bill is extremely short:
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anthony-kern-overturn-elections-bill-arizona_n_65b95883e4b0102bd2d673f7
Mr. Evil
(2,845 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)KS Toronado
(17,252 posts)Fascists always start out attacking news organizations and journalists, wish republiCON
voters understood that and would vote for Democracy.
ificandream
(9,373 posts)You are absolutely correct about the attacks on journalism. Both books make reference to that.
KS Toronado
(17,252 posts)when I looked up Fascism or Fascists on Wikipedia.
Old Crank
(3,589 posts)We do what we want and too bad for you.
elias7
(4,007 posts)Or maybe in the text of the law it says that only Republicans get to do this when theyre in power, but it doesnt apply to Democrats.
nuxvomica
(12,429 posts)He's both an insurrectionist and a fake elector!
LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)Why do the love it or leave it crowd stick around when they obviously hate it?
angrychair
(8,699 posts)Am I understanding this correctly that this bill would allow for incumbents in Arizona to vote themselves back in office, even if voters did not return them to office?
I mean why have elections at all?
Novara
(5,843 posts)IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)ificandream
(9,373 posts)RussBLib
(9,019 posts)...they cannot seem to envision a time when Arizona could be solid blue.
Marthe48
(16,967 posts)and with his track record should be impeached or in some way removed from his elected position. He is not defending a state or federal constitution by presenting a bill that takes away the power of the people.
imax2268
(6,004 posts)They are not even trying to hide the fact that they despise voters.
Aristus
(66,381 posts)GOP motherfuckers just don't make no sense......