Results: Arizona GOP Lawmaker Proposes Ending Presidential Election Vote in the State

ARepublican state lawmaker in Arizona is proposing a measure that would remove the right of voters in the state to determine the 16 Electoral College electors who they want to represent them in presidential elections. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1014, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Kern (R), would need to pass both the state Senate and state House of Representatives — and be passed in a referendum vote by Arizona residents themselves — before it could be enacted. The bill has yet to be assigned to a committee, and, given that it asks voters to dismantle their own voting rights, it’s extremely unlikely to become law. Still, the very introduction of the measure indicates that far right Republicans in the Arizona state legislature — particularly those with strong allegiances to former President Donald Trump — are uninterested in maintaining even the most basic elements of a democracy. https://truthout.org/articles/arizona-gop-lawmaker-proposes-ending-presidential-election-vote-in-the-state/