Posted on 05/27/2021 9:42:35 AM PDT by hsmomx3
Two Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the bill, which would've required voters to include a birthdate and an ID number.
PHOENIX - The Arizona House on May 26 voted down a bill that would have required voters to include identification with their mail-in ballots, a defeat for Republicans looking to impose more restrictive voting procedures.
The bill was one of the most contentious of the dozens of voting rights bills that Arizona Republicans introduced following former President Donald Trump's narrow loss in the longtime GOP stronghold. Influential business leaders, including the owner of the Arizona Cardinals, publicly urged lawmakers to reject it.
Voting by mail is overwhelmingly popular in Arizona, where nearly 90% of 2020 voters used a ballot that arrived in the mail.
The bill, SB1713, would have required voters to include their birthday and an ID number with their ballots. Acceptable ID numbers included a driver's license, voter registration, tribal ID or the last four digits of a Social Security number.
Democrats said the bill would have led to the rejection of votes from people who don't know the new rules or don't have easy access to the required ID numbers.
"We need a healthier democracy, and we need to make sure that everyone’s voice is heard," said Rep. Raquel Terán, a Democrat from west Phoenix who is also chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party.
Many older people in the Navajo Nation weren't born in hospitals and don't know or have documentation of their birthdays, said Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, who is Navajo.
Democrats also said it would be costly for election officials to administer and could put voters at risk of identity theft by putting their name, address, ID number and signature together on the same form.
Republicans supporting the bill say it would restore confidence in elections. Election experts say the 2020 election was one of the most secure on record, but Trump and some of his supporters have aggressively pushed an unfounded narrative of fraud.
Two Republicans, Reps. Michelle Udall of Mesa and Joel John of Buckeye, joined all 29 Democrats in defeating the measure. The GOP has slim majorities in the House and Senate, and the defection of any single Republican is enough to sink the bill if Democrats are united in opposition.
The vote on the long-stalled legislation amounts to a last-ditch effort to pass it. The measure could be revived in the future, but the prospect is increasingly unlikely as lawmakers rush to adjourn for the year.
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I forgot about Raquel, the “1 foot over the line” girl “From” Douglas...er, Agua Prieta.
From the Evil Wikipedia: “Terán was born in Douglas, Arizona. Her citizenship was challenged in court by an anti-immigration advocate in 2012, and again after her 2018 election.[2][3] The lawsuits were both dismissed”
IOW, she’s an Anchor Baby, born across the line in Douglas by a mother who commuted from Agua Prieta.
So Presto! She’s an American! She was there with my ancestors fighting the British in North Carolina...in spirit, of course!
She’s nothing but an AINO: American In Name Only, doing her best to rip apart the Republic. Her citizenship is a fiction based on a fraud.
Lol. Those audits will lead to more secure elections! NOT!
There should be huge targets on their backs. Primary their asses.
The fix is simple. Get off your lazy asses and vote in person the way it has done for over 200 years in this country. Do it on one day, with an ID, on a paper ballot that is counted by hand.
Boycott NFL football in Arizona.
Useless elitist lawyer Michael Bidwell inherited ownership from idiot father. Bad football reputation. Probably a member of the McCain fan club.
Kind of hard for me to do. I haven't watch the Negro Football League in years.
When I realized Socialists = Nazis everything started to make sense.
Will US Citizens, Canadians and Mexicans welcome the coming Anschluss?
ALL ballots in Colorado are corrupt. There is no voting here. The communists merely declare what they chose.
“Factually, historically wrong.”
You comment s without facts. Show me an election in the US that was overturned on proof of fraud.
“You comment s without facts. Show me an election in the US that was overturned on proof of fraud.”
Ok,(there are more)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/18/history-election-do-overs-223313/
It’s so unnerving all that is happening.
Arizona Constitution
Article 8.1.1
The authority to conduct a recall election in Arizona applies to Every public officer in the state of Arizona, holding an elective office, either by election or appointment...
Good to know but those were also State or local level elections. Tossing out a seated president is going to be hard. I want it to happen, but I have no faith right now.
Idiots
Go ahead and try to recall a member of congress or the senate.
“So the Navajos voting don’t have ID? No proof of tribal membership? So anyone can move onto the Navajo reservation and claim to be a tribe member?”
If so then I am part of their nation and want some of that casino cash.
I do not believe the presidential election will be overturned although I do believe it was stolen from Trump.
The purpose of the audits is to sow strong doubt about the election being legitimate and preventing the fraud from happening again.
I think there has been ample evidence of fraud. There will be no efforts to stop it.
Multiple States have passed new laws governing elections. It does remain to be seen whether or not these laws will be followed since the laws already on the books were not followed in the past election.
We will soon find out.
But you know it is very, very difficult to cheat when everyone is talking about it happening and watching for it.
“since the laws already on the books were not followed”
Exactly. That is Part II of the story. They didn’t follow current law.
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