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Mon Sep 19, 2022, 02:37 PM Sep 2022

Arizona's Bowers calls failed GOP election proposal 'fascism'

Outgoing Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) has called a failed Republican proposal that would have allowed the legislature to overturn election results in his state akin to “fascism.”

“The legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election,” Bowers said of the proposal, which he effectively killed, according to excerpts of a CNN special report set to air Sunday night. “And I said, welcome to fascism.”

The proposal would have overhauled the state’s election system, eliminating most early and absentee voting and restricting where ballots could be cast.

It would have also made the legislature review the election process afterward, allowing the body to “accept or reject the election results.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-bowers-calls-failed-gop-014437065.html

There may be other states that want to allow the legislature to overturn the vote.

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Arizona's Bowers calls failed GOP election proposal 'fascism' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
Yeah, too bad the astute and venerable politician Bowers didn't see this coming huh? Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #1
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