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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

Arizona Republican says state lawmakers, not voters, should pick president

Author:     Rachel Leingang
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Tue 30 Jan 2024 | 16.05 EST
 Link: Arizona Republican says state lawmakers, not voters, should pick president
Stephan:  

I think it is time that we admit that about a third of the White population in the U.S. neither understand nor want America to be an equalitarian democracy — where all people are created equal. Instead they are Republicans, which means they are White nationalist fascists who see women as a subordinate species. This is tearing America into two countries and the Republican Party is actively, as this article describes, trying to destroy democracy.

The US representative Paul Gosar, left, talks with Anthony Kern, now a state senator, in 2020. 
Credit: Ross D Franklin / AP

A proposal from an Arizona lawmaker calls for the state legislature to decide on presidential electors instead of adhering to a popular vote.

The state senator Anthony Kern, a Republican, served as a fake elector in 2020, falsely asserting that Donald Trump won the state. Those involved in the fake electors schemes in several states have been charged. In Arizona, the fake electors are under investigation by the Democratic attorney general, her office has confirmed. Kern also attended the 6 January 2021 rally at the US Capitol.

The senate concurrent resolution says that the “sole authority to appoint presidential electors” should fall to the legislature. It calls on the legislature to stay in session during presidential election years for this purpose. As a concurrent resolution, the proposal does not require the governor’s signature and does not have the force of law; it functions more to state the legislative body’s position on an issue.

Such a change would be […]

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