Some People Can't Be Trusted With Power

The "thumb on the scale" of political power over elections by state officers is repugnant!

Prescott, AZ September 1, 2024… Conservative Democrats, the JFK Wing of the Party, are wondering what happened, much like MAGA Republicans are wondering about the party takeover by war-mongering neo-cons, and of course, Independents are registered as independent for a reason. We’ve all had it with crazy and want sane policy, secure and transparent elections that are fair contests.

For all of the “defend democracy” rhetoric that Democrats spew, the reality is that extreme-left Dems hate the democratic process because there is an element of chance; they are seeking to, under color of authority, seize power to be held in perpetuity. In a moment they disregarded 14 million of their very own constituents and substituted Kamala for Joe, hardly a democratic thing to do. But then it is more about, “do as I say, not as I do.”

Now comes the new and improved, “democracy-defending” Arizona Elections Procedure Manual, a la Fontes, which is yet another attack on the Legislature’s exclusive authority to set the “time, place and manner of elections” under the federal Constitution. Republicans, under AZGOP Party Chair Gina Swoboda, contend the new “orders” rip away authority held by county recorders and other local election authorities. Democrats are in love with the consolidation of power, while Republicans see the wisdom of distributed power (no one unit should have so much power as to overwhelm another in pursuit of bad public policy).

SIDE NOTE: Local story for those outside of Arizona reading this… I support no county population maximum limits, for example, a population greater than 500K would trigger a county split requirement for the Legislature to enact. The county should be subdivided to check the concentration of power.

So once again, the AZGOP must go to court to defend the civil rights of the People against an extreme-leftist agenda. The lawsuit is very straightforward, the AZGOP argues, “Governor Hobbs unlawfully exercised her office by attempting to establish voting locations, drop-off locations for completed ballots, and make ADCRR and ADJC, as well as other state agencies, de facto public assistance agencies, which is outside her lawful authority.”

Arizona statutes are unambiguous concerning who (what office) can distribute and accept voter registration forms and completed ballots. The litigation filing alleges:

1. public assistance or disabilities agencies as defined by statute; or

2. a location/agency as designated by a county recorder (or designee of a county recorder) or Justice of the Peace.

There is absolutely no reference to the Governor, in what is a colossal overreach of authority. The same is true for determining voting locations, which is way outside of her authority. I never thought I would say this, but I kind of miss the boring days of Governor Doug Ducey.

Uttoh, ya had to poke the bear again didn’t ya?

AZGOP Chairwoman Gina Swoboda, calling out the lawless governor of Arizona, made her position crystal clear when she said;