Following rulings in Colorado and Maine disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the ballot under a Fourteenth Amendment clause, Arizona House Republicans are pushing a bold initiative to designate Trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election regardless of voters’ decision.
State lawmakers in the GOP-controlled Legislature are pushing it as a resolution, not a bill, which would automatically declare Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in the state by offsetting the removal of a Republican candidate in two other states, Colorado and Maine. It will be heard by members of the House Election Committee on Wednesday.
In fact, some Republicans want to “change the manner of the presidential election for 2024,” according to the resolution. They also claim “the last two elections have been riddled with controversy and lawsuits with rules, forms and procedures of the election broken that has led to low public confidence in how elections are run.”
“To change the manner of the presidential election by appointing the eleven presidential electors to the republican primary winner to offset the removal of a republican candidate from the ballot in Colorado and Maine,” the resolution states. “That Governor (Katie) Hobbs sign the election reform measures listed below, and if not, the presidential electors be appointed to protect the 2024 presidential election from another mal-administered and illegally run election.”
As reported by KPNX’s Brahm Resnik, however, it’s important to note that the resolution would not carry any force of law because it is not a bill.
Meanwhile, Arizona state Rep. Rachel Jones, a Republican, is listed as the sponsor of the resolution. Jones has been described as a “MAGA acolyte” and has expressed support for Trump, according to the Phoenix New Times.
She went from a stay-at-home mom to being elected to the Arizona House, the Phoenix New Times wrote. Jones has expressed…
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