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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Finchem Says Biden Didn't Win in 2020, and He Has Big Plans for Elections in Arizona
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/opinion/mark-finchem-arizona-trump.htmlhttps://archive.ph/aYW0Z
Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for Arizona secretary of state, talks a lot about tracking: procedures, processes, audits, the path a ballot takes from voter to tabulator. Hes a member of the Arizona state House of Representatives, and has a formal way of speaking, full of numerical legislation titles and terminology, but also talks about things seen and unseen. Like a number of other Republican nominees for secretary of state this year, Mr. Finchem claims the last election was fraudulent.
Heres why we know it didnt happen, he told an interviewer who had just suggested Arizona may have actually voted for Joe Biden in 2020. Its nonsense intuitively. Leading up to the election, this would be August, September, October. It first started off that youd see a Trump train of maybe a dozen cars, and this is in my community. Its one community, but I think its fairly representative of Arizona. Youd see a Trump train of maybe a dozen cars. The hosts start cracking jokes about Biden trains behind gas stations these days, but in the interview, Mr. Finchem remains undeterred and unlaughing: First it was 12 cars, then 24, then 48, culminating in a three-mile Trump train. This is the kind of thing Mr. Finchem will abruptly say amid talk of election procedure.
In November 2020, Mr. Finchem was part of a hearing in Arizona where Rudy Giuliani aired claims of election fraud; Mr. Finchem went to Washington on Jan. 6. He wants to decertify the 2020 election and for Arizona to withdraw from the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonpartisan organization funded by participating states that helps them to find potential voters and determine duplicate active registrations. He also could win in Arizona this year; the state has been decidedly close the last several elections.
His public comments tend to be both premised on the possibility of rampant voter fraud which, in actuality, takes place rarely and reflect a kind of individualism thats a part of the tech and society we already have, where individuals routinely arbitrate and police disputes online. Mr. Finchem has called himself probably an evangelist for a 2013 book by Matthew Trewhella called The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. A favorite of some extreme anti-abortion activists, the book argues that officials have an obligation to stop enforcement of laws that violate, in the authors view, Gods wishes, specifically laws that legalize abortion or acceptance of homosexuality.
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Mark Finchem Says Biden Didn't Win in 2020, and He Has Big Plans for Elections in Arizona (Original Post)
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Sep 2022
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maxsolomon
(33,278 posts)1. The election was fraudulent because he saw Trump Trains?
I saw Trump boat parades, in WA, and Trump lost this state by 750,000 votes.
Anecdotes aren't evidence, you cowboy clown.
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)3. Right- Biden voters aren't a cult
I keep seeing this excuse. Jesus when will they give it up already???
liberalla
(9,234 posts)2. This is the race that really worries me. We can't have this guy hold that office. We can't.
liberalla
(9,234 posts)4. Adrian Fontes is the Democratic candidate running against Finchem.
His website: https://electfontes.com
I'm at work and can't do a fancy post on this, but wanted to get this on the thread.