Posted on 06/23/2021 9:55:13 AM PDT by weston
To recall their electors. At least, the state Senate cannot. Maybe someone else (governor?) can?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-senate-powerless-recall-electors-president
The Arizona Senate lacks the authority to recall electors, the legislative body’s Republican president said on Friday.
That statement by Karen Fann came in response to fellow state Sen. Wendy Rogers, who called for a new election after the Arizona Senate held a briefing in which contractors hired for its 2020 election audit in Maricopa County said they don’t have enough information to complete a report.
Fann told One America News Network, a cable news channel with a reporter who is controversially helping to fund the audit while covering it, that the Arizona Senate has the power to help the auditors get the materials and information they say they need (likely through more subpoenas, along with a door-to-door canvass), but the question of decertifying the election will be left up to others.
She is correct that the State Senate alone can’t recall electors. The entire State Legislature, both houses, would have to do it.
Ok, I think I found what you’re referring to. Sounds like it’s still no guarantee. to be able to reclaim electors.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arizona-state-senator-floats-resolution-212800684.html
An Arizona legislator floated the possibility of introducing a resolution to “reclaim electors” if the controversial audit in Maricopa County puts President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in doubt.
State Senate Majority Whip Sonny Borrelli provided insight on Monday into what the Republican-led Senate’s options are as he agreed with Senate President Karen Fann, who said last week the chamber does not have the power to recall electors by itself after some of its members demanded action.
“I believe the only power we can [exert] is if, for example, I’m seeing evidence of ‘there’s no way to certify this.’ The county is not coming to us with answers to any of the questions that we have, or we can’t come up with a definitive conclusion,” he said in an interview with One America News Network.
“So, therefore, if you can’t come up with a definitive solution or conclusion, then how can this thing be certified in the first place? I believe the only thing we could do going forward once we get the full report done is reclaim the electors, but that will take a resolution to do so,” Borrelli continued.
The lawmaker said he is “prepared” to put forth such a resolution if the audit’s results are inconclusive and if the county “won’t come to the table and try to help us resolve questions that we have.”
Both the Arizona Senate and House would need to pass the resolution, added Borrelli, who said it would then go to U.S. Congress, which certified Biden’s victory in January. He cautioned that such a bid faces long odds because the Democrats are in control of the federal legislature.
Borrelli’s description of a mechanism for getting the ball rolling on recalling Arizona’s electors follows Fann saying on Friday that the Arizona Senate’s audit in Maricopa County is not about the presidential race and stressed her chamber alone does not have the authority to recall electors, although she left the door open for some sort of recourse.
“I am not saying there is no way it can be done. What I am saying is our Senate body does not have the authority to do it. However, we will turn [the audit’s findings] over to the attorneys general, not only on the state level but on the federal level. And we will turn it over to Congress, and they can make those decisions. And that is, I’m saying, if there were any wrongdoings,” she said.
Fann revealed last week that the audit tally did not “match with“ Maricopa County’s initial count, though she didn’t provide specific details. Officials involved in the audit told the Arizona Senate last week they need more materials and information to complete the review, which could involve more subpoenas and a prolonged legal fight with the county.
Biden won Arizona and its 11 electoral votes by more than 10,000 votes out of more than 3.3 million cast across the state. Biden was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the Southwestern state since President Bill Clinton captured it in 1996.
Former President Donald Trump, who claims the 2020 election was stolen from him, has repeatedly promoted the audit in Maricopa County despite authorities at local, state, and federal levels, including the Justice Department, saying they saw no evidence of widespread fraud that would disrupt the results of the contest.
Maricopa County officials announced last month their voting machines subpoenaed for the audit will be removed from service after Arizona’s Democratic secretary of state, Katie Hobbs, threatened to decertify the equipment citing concerns with the methods of Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based firm hired to lead the review.
Trump and his allies have praised and urged other states to pursue similar audits. Should they replicate the Maricopa County audit, it paves the way for more GOP-led states to try to recall their electors, which Borrelli said would be key as Biden defeated Trump 306-232 in the Electoral College.
The senator said the Constitution is “kind of silent on this stuff,” but opined that if it does not say something is restricted, that doesn’t mean it is not a possibility.
Talking about Pence now.
Pence is dead to me. So are most other politicians. My world is not very populated
On him being told he will win in 2024, he said he just one six months ago.
Lol Green New Deal is Green New Bullshit. He’s funny.
Benny
@bennyjohnson
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TRUMP: “The biggest thing that they want canceled is they don’t want you talking about the election that just took place because they say: ‘holy sh*t they caught us. They caught us.’”
That one was hilarious.
Natalie Harp
@NatalieJHarp
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“In the House we were expected to lose 25-35 seats. And instead of losing 25-35 seats, we lost for the first time in many decades 0 seats. And in fact, we shockingly gained 16 seats!”
“And in the Senate, without my involvement, it would be 60-40 with the Democrats in the lead.”
@POTUS45
at #TrumpRally
Liz Harrington
@realLizUSA
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“Our country is being destroyed by people who have no right to destroy it.
“By people that won an election illegally, people that should not have been elected. They lost in a landslide.” - President Donald J. Trump
Jenna Ellis
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The RNC isn’t, but real Americans who care about this country are working hard on election integrity.
Trump is right — the media doesn’t want us talking about it.
But we will.
We know the truth, and the truth is we’re already in a constitutional crisis. #TrumpRallyArizona
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@thebradfordfile
Trump is still the most authentic politician in America. He says the things everyone knows to be true, but is too afraid to say.
I’ve missed the whole speech :-(
Kids came over and we’re watching game. I was outvoted 😩
Will be catching up on this thread.
Appreciate all of the updates.
Happy to hear my POTUS looks marvelous. 😍💕
The sacrifices we make for our children! And I’m sure yours realized just what a big sacrifice it was.
I wondered what happened to you.
Enjoy your family.🥰
Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
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Go away Ronna. We know what you did.
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Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
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Like President Trump, the RNC is working to protect the vote!
We are defending election integrity laws against bad Democrat lawsuits in the courts & holding Democrats accountable on the airways.
Americans want transparency & commonsense provisions that ensure #electionintegrity
Liz Harrington
@realLizUSA
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“Wokeism makes you lose, it ruins your mind and ruins you as a person you become warped, you become demented. The U. S women’s soccer team is a very good example.”
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Liz Harrington
@realLizUSA
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“Lightweight Chair of the Joints Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley actually defended the teaching of CRT a Marxist ideology, to our men and women in uniform.
He says he wants to understand ‘white rage.’
“What the hell is he talking about that for?”
Natalie Harp
@NatalieJHarp
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“They’re still coming after me because I will never stop fighting and winning for YOU!”
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@POTUS45
at #TrumpRally
Brief vid from ex military intelligence officer Roy Potter
Military Urging Officers To Get Their Houses In Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acL4Y-QYcuw
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@realLizUSA
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