One of my duties is to serve as Pima County’s representative to the Legislative Policy Committee of the County Supervisors Association. My 14 colleagues each represent one of the other 15 counties. There are an almost equal number of Democrats and Republicans in our group.
As we have reviewed and discussed many of the so-called “election integrity” bills that have been introduced in the Arizona Legislature this year, we have decided, usually with a unanimous vote, to oppose them. Why? For the most part, they have been radical solutions in search of problems that simply do not exist.
Despite the false claims made by some of our state legislators and the self-interested rants that emanate from Mar-a-Lago, elections in Arizona and Pima County have been conducted fairly and securely. The divisions and resentments that linger after the 2020 election continue to distort and taint any discussion of elections in our state. The discredited and ridiculous “audit” of the two 2020 contests for president and U.S. Senate in Maricopa County backed by the Republican leadership of the Arizona Senate caused many of our citizens to mistakenly wonder if their ballots are safe and secure.
The four Republicans who serve on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Republican who currently serves as the Maricopa County Recorder and the Republican speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives have all sought to reassure the public that the 2020 election was conducted fairly and securely....
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