Liberals gaming the system in Arizona to get ranked-choice voting established have won a key victory.
Although about 99% of the challenged signatures collected to put ranked-choice voting on the Arizona ballot as a ballot initiative were discovered to be duplicate signatures, and the petition lacks the signatures required by law, a judge has said the initiative can be voted on this November.
Some 37,657 signatures were duplicates and thus Proposition 140, to put ranked-choice voting in place in Arizona, has failed to get the proper number of signatures required to be on the ballot.
The proposition is a proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution that would make Arizona elections much like Alaska’s election system — open primaries and ranked-choice general elections.
In Alaska’s open primary system, the recent result was that a Democrat won Congress in 2022 and a convicted felon is now on the final-four ballot for November’s general election for Congress. Eric Hafner, serving time in federal prison, made the general election ballot as the second Democrat, foiling the plans of Democrats to have more than one Republican on the ballot so that the votes would be diluted by people who choose to not rank candidates but who only vote for one.
“As we knew all along, Prop 140 lacks the signatures required for this measure to even make it to the ballot in the first place, let alone be considered by voters in November,” said Scot Mussi, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, which opposes the ranked-choice scheme that is spreading across the country. “Even though they knew about the illegitimacy of these duplicate signatures, the special interests behind this initiative attempted to run out the clock on this challenge through obstruction and delay. They were caught, and now we hope the court does the right thing and enjoin the measure from tabulation in the fall.”
That didn’t happen. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz heard arguments on the matter during a Wednesday hearing and said it’s too late, since the ballots have been printed. And so the illegal ballot measure will proceed to voters as if it is legal and their votes will be counted.
In the review of the signatures, it was discovered that at least 250 people had signed the petition five times or more — one person signing it 15 times. All of the signatures were accepted by the Arizona Secretary of State before being challenged in state court and referred to a retired judge who served as the special master.
Read the Special Master Report here.
See an exhibit showing the duplicates of people who signed five or more times here.
Highground, the company that has the dark-money-funded contract to get the act passed said it would sue if that portion of the ballot was not counted.
Early voting starts Oct. 9 in Arizona.
“Shut up Serfs! Do as you are told!”
Isn’t it something that in Alaska, we could have enough signatures to put the repeal on the ballot, but that the initiators get sued — what, 5 to 7 times to stop us from voting on it? Yet in AZ, even w/out enough signatures, they get to put RCV on the ballot.
We need to stop these communists.
There is a reason why Soros is dumping millions into judicial elections. It does bear fruit.
Unbelievable
Why bother with the election? Just proclaim democrats winners in every race and be done with it.
Ballots printed has nothing to do with the legality of the matter!
All of those wacko, liberal Democrats escaping taxes in California have moved into AZ and shaped a reliably red state into a blue state. This is what Democrats do, in their personal quest to escape totalitarianism, move it to the next state. And apparently, this corrupt Democrat judge is one of them.
Arizona has one of the most corrupt governments in the country. It has been like that for a very long time. But at least you can drive to their capitol.
If only Alaskans could drive to their capitol the corruption would end? I don’t think so. 🤔
As long as the voters send us the “quality” of legislators they do, the Capital could be in the old Arctic Roadrunner location.
It wouldn’t matter. Same results, better selection of bars.
Still think you live in a constitutional republic?
Not for some time now, no.
I see the democrats managed to get the Green Party kicked off the Nevada ballot, because the Nevada Secretary of State’s office incorrectly provided the Green Party with the wrong form. They appear to be very good at denying people’s right to vote for the candidate of their choice.
“………Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz heard arguments on the matter during a Wednesday hearing and said it’s too late, since the ballots have been printed……..”
More lawyer fodder. If it passes, it’s challenged again.
The democrats have learned how to sabotage the petition gathering efforts now.
Such civil communism is in the rendering of a law Will ‘c’ stand in america as it already dies?
Isn’t Arizona the state where the Secretary of State refused to recuse herself from her duties overseeing the election as she was actively running for Governor?
Was anyone surprised when she won?
It’s also the state that keeps selecting a democrat, Kari Lakes, as their republican nominee.🤦♂️
Is there a state that does not do that?
Liz Cheney
Lisa Murkowski
Mitt Romney
To name the most obvious.
“In the review of the signatures, it was discovered that at least 250 people had signed the petition five times or more — one person signing it 15 times.”
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And I am absolutely sure, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that absolutely NONE of those 250 people would ever submit more than one ballot. Not a chance.
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Seriously, signing the petition book more than once. I can understand. You were not really paying attention, or forgot you already signed one, or whatever. Signing five times, that is a deliberate effort to inflate the numbers. And, if you are willing to deliberately lie on the petition book, what makes you suddenly such a fine and upstanding citizen when it comes to casting a vote?
so having a convicted felon on the ballot in the context of ranked choice voting is bad, but not in the context of the presidential election? got it.
According to the leftist, any convicted felon is bad on the ballot… well… when that convicted felon is problematic to them. When they are helping to support their cause, their crimes are meaningless.
AZ should appeal with the remedy being that while on the ballot no count will be taken and the measure doesn’t proceed.
A lot of people don’t vote as it is, why bother? it’s already been decided by the people in power with the money. Lets manipulate it even more so you can fill everything with democrats….Thats what its all about, what ever happened to who you thought was best for the job? oh that’s right, it doesn’t matter anymore. so why bother to vote…
Arizona is completely under attack by extreme leftists who are in office unfortunately. Yesterday , 98,000 names on the voter rolls with no proof of citizenship are now allowed to vote thanks to the AZ Supreme Court. In what world? This state is circling the drain.
Every one of the people that signed the petition more than once should be hauled in and charged with election fraud!!!!
I do not believe that is illegal in any way.
Sign the petition as many times as you want. Only one signature counts.
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Totally different than voting more than once.
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In fact, thinking about it, I will start doing that. If they are collecting signatures for something I disagree with, I will sign it a hundred times. Give the people pushing for the ballot measure the confidence they have enough signatures to pass it, but when the board of elections examines it, it will fail.
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Brilliant!
RCV needs to die an ugly death.