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Brewer hints she may veto Arizona's 'birther' bill
East Valley Tribune ^ | 04/15/2011 | Howard Fischer

Posted on 04/15/2011 5:58:05 PM PDT by Smokeyblue

Gov. Jan Brewer hinted Friday she might veto legislation designed to give the Arizona secretary of state the final say of who gets to run for president here.

Brewer told Capitol Media Services she is still reviewing the measure given final approval late Thursday, which spells out what documents have to be presented by political parties to get their candidate on the ballot. The legislation requires the secretary of state, as chief elections officer, to deny ballot status to those who do not submit the required paperwork.

Backers, led by Rep. Carl Seel, R-Phoenix, say they are just trying to protect the integrity of the electoral process. But Brewer, who was secretary of state for six years before becoming governor, said the wishes of the state legislators who support the measure may be irrelevant.

“I think my big concern probably, just shooting a little bit from the hip, is the fact that I don’t know if we regulate federal elections,’’ she said.

Seel conceded he is doing something no other state has tried. And he said there are court rulings that could be interpreted to conclude that his measure gives “too much authority to the secretary of state.’’

“But we’ll let the courts decide that,’’ he said, anticipating the likely legal challenge.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; janbrewer; naturalborncitizen; obama
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To: Hardraade

First thing I thought. Who got to her?


21 posted on 04/15/2011 6:21:15 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Rational Thought

This is how the two major parties protect their turf. 3rd party candidates are routinely prevented from getting on ballots for any reason the powers that be can find.

Think of it as an agreement between Al Capone and the Purple gang. You stay off my turf and I’ll make sure you know if anyone starts to infringe on yours.


22 posted on 04/15/2011 6:21:15 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Smokeyblue

“It’s been stated by the governor (of Hawaii), Linda Lingle, who I spoke with directly, that he was born in Hawaii,’’ she said.”
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Obama stated he would close Gitmo and get out of Afghanistan too.


23 posted on 04/15/2011 6:22:42 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Smokeyblue
It's a hint. She needs reminded, I suppose.

Let's encourage her to do right!

24 posted on 04/15/2011 6:23:38 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: Venturer

To what parents?

At what hospital?


25 posted on 04/15/2011 6:24:05 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Smokeyblue

Contacted the Gov on her website asking her to sign the bill...if you are in Arizona, here is the website:

http://www.governor.state.az.us/contact.asp


26 posted on 04/15/2011 6:24:11 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: indylindy

47% of Americans support Obama. 40% do not pay income taxes. That 40% is a given the other 7% are blacks with Government jobs, and Homosexuals.


27 posted on 04/15/2011 6:24:43 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Smokeyblue

Jan, if you don’t want to sign it, let it become law without your signature. Wonder if the Holder DOJ gave her a call. Barry has given we citizens of Arizona the finger so many times, I say sign it, if not just to irritate the man.


28 posted on 04/15/2011 6:26:58 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Hardraade
Who - or what - got to her??

I pretty sure she supported McCain in the senatorial race. I think they campaigned together some. She just might not be what some assumed based on her support of the one immigration law.

29 posted on 04/15/2011 6:28:27 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

The GOP has gotten to all of them. I was called silly for thinking the GOP plans to put someone on their own ticket who is also ineligible, to get the Hispanic vote.

Gee, wonder who?


30 posted on 04/15/2011 6:32:14 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Smokeyblue

She’d be shooting herself in the foot to veto. Not only would the left not suddenly be alright with her and with Arizona, but they’d think she was spineless. And that’s not even getting into what I’d think of her, or people on the right. It’s not specific to the current office holder anyway - it’s to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again, 2012 or at any other time.


31 posted on 04/15/2011 6:33:24 PM PDT by OldNewYork (social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)
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To: Smokeyblue
The Constitution empowers state legislatures to prescribe the selection of electors. That would seem to be clear and give them the power to set out what qualifications the electors can examine. It is not like the Hopfmann case where "progressive" judges in league with Obama, as they were with Kennedy in that case, to override the legislatures on some phoney "freedom of association" argument.
32 posted on 04/15/2011 6:33:24 PM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: Smokeyblue

Governor Brewer can do the PC thing and let it become law without her signature.


33 posted on 04/15/2011 6:34:18 PM PDT by bigoil (Study Thy Nixon)
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To: bigoil

I don’t think President Biden will oppose the Arizona law.


34 posted on 04/15/2011 6:42:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Smokeyblue

That’s a very disappointing statement from the governor.


35 posted on 04/15/2011 6:43:13 PM PDT by snowsislander (The Nigerian 419 scammers must be envious of what this Kenyan fraud has accomplished.)
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To: Smokeyblue

“It’s been stated by the governor (of Hawaii), Linda Lingle, who I spoke with directly, that he was born in Hawaii,’’ she said.”

Yeah, Jan, and Brenda Bingle, mayor of Hula Hula, Hawaii, told me JugEars was hatched from a conch shell. And so I guess that’s dispositive of the issue, isn’t it?

Is there a mass hypnosis out there lulling these people into believing Oblunder must be a natural born citizen because someone, somewhere, said it’s so without proving it?


36 posted on 04/15/2011 6:48:10 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Yes. Hence the very elect.


37 posted on 04/15/2011 6:51:40 PM PDT by 3boysdad (Rights of Man)
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To: indylindy

I think the stupidity excuse of the GOP is a ruse, they are complicit in the execution of a crime in order to further their addenda against the American people. Vote them all out, especially Boehner as he is willfully perpetrating this fraud of a party.


38 posted on 04/15/2011 6:55:43 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: Smokeyblue
Let's not forget about Soros' Secretary of State Project. She's right that it does place a lot of power in the hands of a single individual. We saw how well that worked out with the Franken election.

Perhaps not a bad idea to slow down, take a breath and sort all this out before making a decision.

39 posted on 04/15/2011 7:00:28 PM PDT by ProfoundMan (Time to finish the Reagan Revolution! - RightyPics.com)
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To: RS_Rider

If the GOP can’t prove that they are any better than Obama then they will lose.

So far, we lose all the time. The AZ immigration bill=lose, the budget=lose etc, you name it, we lose.

The GOP is proving they have no will or desire to stop Obama. I can only see that they are complicit.


40 posted on 04/15/2011 7:04:20 PM PDT by dforest
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