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99 Percent Of Challenged Signatures For Arizona’s Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Initiative Are Duplicates
The Federalist ^ | 9/19/24 | Shawn Fleetwood

Posted on 09/19/2024 10:16:08 AM PDT by CFW

A court-appointed special master report revealed on Tuesday that roughly 99 percent of challenged signatures collected for a pro-ranked-choice voting Arizona ballot measure are duplicates.

In his report, court-ordered Special Master and retired Arizona Superior Court Judge Christopher Skelly disclosed that 37,657 pairs of signatures gathered in support of Proposition 140 are, in fact, duplicates. As argued by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club (AZFEC), this discovery “now place[s] Proposition 140 thousands of signatures under the constitutionally required signature threshold to qualify for the [November] ballot.”

Proposition 140 would amend the Arizona Constitution by instituting an open primary system in which candidates of all parties run in the same primary. It also paves the way for the state to potentially adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) for general elections.

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Even if Proposition 140 is ultimately authorized by the courts, newly unearthed data indicates it faces an uphill battle in receiving voters’ approval.

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When provided the summary of the initiative as described on the November ballot and asked how they would vote “if the election were today,” 46.5 percent of respondents said they would “strongly” or “somewhat” support it. Roughly one-third of those surveyed (32 percent) said they would “strongly” or “somewhat” oppose the amendment, while 18 percent said they would be “undecided.”

When respondents were given opponents’ arguments against Prop 140, however, support for the initiative declined by 13.5 percent. Data Orbital said that opponents classified the proposition as a “sprawling measure that adds 15 separate amendments to the Arizona constitution to implement California-style election schemes in Arizona.”

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Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Snead told The Federalist the poll’s data telegraphs that even if Proposition 140 “somehow survives the ongoing court challenge, it is headed for defeat in November.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; cheating; fraud; prop140; rankedvoting; rigging
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Alaska voters regret allowing RCV to be instituted in their state. Other states shouldn't make the same mistake.
1 posted on 09/19/2024 10:16:08 AM PDT by CFW
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https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/08/22/alaska-supreme-court-upholds-ranked-choice-repeal-initiative-now-bound-for-november-vote/

“Alaska Supreme Court upholds ranked choice repeal initiative, now bound for November vote”


2 posted on 09/19/2024 10:18:23 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Check people making recent new complaints of Carpal Tunnel syndrome.


3 posted on 09/19/2024 10:20:11 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: CFW

More stuff is going to be coming out about Arizona shortly. Stay tuned.


4 posted on 09/19/2024 10:22:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: CFW

No other Republican will be voted in once this is instituted.


5 posted on 09/19/2024 10:25:23 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Can we get a teaser?


6 posted on 09/19/2024 10:26:30 AM PDT by suasponte137
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To: CFW

Who would be advocating this and why?


7 posted on 09/19/2024 10:28:33 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: alancarp

99% is not widespread and common. Now, 100% might just get a look....


8 posted on 09/19/2024 10:46:01 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: ProudDeplorable

Arizona will be California-lite


9 posted on 09/19/2024 10:49:47 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: ifinnegan

To flood elections with rinos canceling them out


10 posted on 09/19/2024 10:52:53 AM PDT by daku
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To: CFW

So, they’re cheating in their attempt to get a ballot initiative that, if passed, will make it easier for them to cheat.


11 posted on 09/19/2024 10:53:22 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“More stuff is going to be coming out about Arizona shortly. Stay tuned.”


Consider me tuned in!


12 posted on 09/19/2024 10:54:40 AM PDT by CFW
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To: ifinnegan

I think you can game the system by voting in a certain manner. It plays to the side that is voting for people.


13 posted on 09/19/2024 10:54:58 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Sicon

Exactly. They are trying to get it repealed in a few of the “test case” Cities up here as well.

Running in to the same kinds of fraud as well.


14 posted on 09/19/2024 11:52:01 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: CFW

Maine also has RCV.

NYC has RCV for mayorals.

Blue bits, my backside.


15 posted on 09/19/2024 12:04:15 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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It plays to the side that is voting for people.

???

16 posted on 09/19/2024 12:06:46 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: CFW

Yeah, and which party wants RCV desperately? That’s right, the filthy rotten corrupt election thieving democrat party.


17 posted on 09/19/2024 12:08:58 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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Arizona will be California-lite

RCV will be on the ballot here in Idaho too. Too many Californians moving here.

18 posted on 09/19/2024 12:15:45 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: Georgia Girl 2

as a long term AZ resident, I’m all ears


19 posted on 09/19/2024 12:30:25 PM PDT by Jeff Vader ( )
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

That’s why polls in Democrat areas are late. After closing, they vote for everyone that hasn’t voted.


20 posted on 09/19/2024 12:42:56 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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