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TexasTowelie

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Sun Apr 11, 2021, 10:41 PM Apr 2021

Arizona Senate Sends Conspiracy Theory-Laden Jim Crow 2.0 Bill To The Governor - Veto This Bill

Republicans in the Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to block counties from applying for private grants to make up for state funding shortfalls that the counties say they need to properly run elections. So much for their feigned concern about election integrity and security.

Howard Fischer reports, Arizona Senate OKs prohibiting counties from applying for private election grants:

The 16-14 party-line vote by the Senate for HB 2569 came as GOP lawmakers said the more than $6 million in grants that nine counties got from Center for Tech and Civic Life in 2020 was really just a thinly disguised effort by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to turn out more Democrats. The group gave out about $400 million nationally to about 2,500 jurisdictions nationally, with reports by the organization showing the lion’s share came from Facebook founder Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

This “genius,” Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, complained the money that ended up in Arizona went to “key swing” counties, notably the Phoenix and Tucson areas.


Hey “genius,” 62% of Arizona’s population lives in Maricopa County, and another 14.2% lives in Pima County, the second most populous county. That is 76% of the state population combined. If you were investing $6 million, where would you most likely invest your money? Certainly not in Mohave County with only 2.9% of the state population.

Read more: https://blogforarizona.net/arizona-senate-sends-conspiracy-theory-laden-jim-crow-2-0-bill-to-the-governor-veto-this-bill/
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Arizona Senate Sends Conspiracy Theory-Laden Jim Crow 2.0 Bill To The Governor - Veto This Bill (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP
Aaaah. sheshe2 Apr 2021 #1
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate these f***ing people? nt Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #2
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