by admin | Mar 26, 2025 | Elections, News and Updates
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order to preserve and protect the integrity of American elections. In the order, the president announced his intention to enforce the citizenship requirement for federal elections, which follows our state’s model championed by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club.
“President Trump campaigned on a promise to improve the integrity of American elections, and he has followed through on that commitment,” said Scot Mussi, President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. “This order from the president is a tremendous start to enforcing our nation’s laws and fostering more confidence in our elections from people on all sides of the political aisle. We look forward to working with the White House and other states to help implement the Arizona proof-of-citizenship model across the country.”
In addition to the proof of citizenship component, the order also sets in motion certain actions to provide other assistance to states verifying eligibility, improve the Election Assistance Commission, prosecute election crimes, improve security of voting systems, comply with federal law setting the national election day, and prevent foreign interference and unlawful use of federal funds.
President Trump’s order states, “Despite pioneering self-government, the United States now fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by modern, developed nations, as well as those still developing… Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election.”
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by admin | Feb 26, 2025 | Elections, News and Updates
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Today, in another outrageous and unprecedented ruling, a panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit enjoined enforcement of commonsense legislation spearheaded by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club that required proof of citizenship to vote in state elections. The action by the appeals court comes after the Supreme Court of the United States ordered immediate provision of this Arizona law, stopping those trying to register to vote from using the state form if they did not give proof of citizenship.
“It’s clear this circuit court panel is motivated by radical ideology, and not the impartial judgment of the law,” said Scot Mussi, President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. “After months of legal wrangling over this law, and clear guidance from the nation’s high court, the Ninth Circuit still wrongly believes that it is the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution and our laws. This ruling will continue to sow doubt into our system of government and will cost much more in taxpayer dollars thanks to the emergency appeal that will be again filed at the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Mussi added, “The Arizona Free Enterprise Club will do whatever it takes to stand in defense of this law. We are hopeful that the U.S. Supreme Court will deliver a swift and final rebuke of the Ninth Circuit in this matter once an emergency appeal is docketed.”
The case at hand involves a challenge to HB 2492, which was authored by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club (AZFEC) and passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2022 to stop non-U.S. citizens from registering to vote and casting ballots in our state. Previously, a panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Arizona officials to reject state voter registration forms without proof of citizenship, which was part of the intent and purpose of the law in question. Yet, another panel on the same appeals court inexplicably overturned this order, vacating enforcement of the law concerning state voter registration forms, leading to an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court quickly overruled the Ninth Circuit’s order, allowing the provision on proof of citizenship for state voters to go into effect. This was the last court action in this case until today’s surprising decision by the Ninth Circuit.
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by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | Elections, News and Updates
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Today, Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed SB 1011 / HB 2703, which would have greatly sped up Arizona’s election results to ensure that the state was no longer severely lagging in its vote tabulations.
“Thanks to this foolish, stubborn, and politically minded veto from Governor Hobbs, Arizona will remain the laughingstock of the country when Election Night rolls around again,” said Scot Mussi, President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. “Governor Hobbs is more interested in catering to a fringe minority of her party than the vast majority of Arizonans who were calling for this necessary and reasonable election reform. This action from the Governor’s Office is not what our state expects from our leaders when there are clear procedural problems to address on issues that are central to the government’s purview.”
SB 1011 / HB 2703 would have enacted the following procedures for Arizona elections to drastically improve the speed and efficiency of the tabulation process, ensuring that a vast majority of votes are counted on Election Day:
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- Cut off early ballot drop-offs to vote collection locations on the Friday preceding Election Day.
- Require voters in larger counties to confirm their address every election cycle to receive a ballot by mail, and those in smaller counties to confirm their address every four years to receive a ballot by mail.
Read additional insight here.
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by admin | Feb 14, 2025 | Elections, News and Updates
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Yesterday, the Arizona Legislature passed SB 1011 / HB 2703, sending the bill to the Governor’s Office. The proposal from legislators, which mirrors policies from the State of Florida, would greatly speed up the result of elections every two years to ensure that Arizona is no longer severely lagging in its vote tabulating – especially when there are critical races on the ballot to adjudicate.
“After one too many Election Nights (and weeks) of delayed results, Arizona legislators have done the right thing, crafting a bill that gives our state same-day results,” said Scot Mussi, President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. “Voters are exhausted of watching this slow-motion train wreck every November. Other states have same-day election results, and it is high time that Arizona enters the 21st Century in this regard. We call on Governor Katie Hobbs to sign this carefully crafted and negotiated bill into law.”
SB 1011 / HB 2703 would enact the following procedures for Arizona elections to drastically improve the speed and efficiency of the tabulation process, ensuring that a vast majority of votes are counted on Election Day:
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- Cut off early ballot drop-offs to vote collection locations on the Friday preceding Election Day.
- Require voters in larger counties to confirm their address every election cycle to receive a ballot by mail, and those in smaller counties to confirm their address every four years to receive a ballot by mail.
Read more about the efforts here.
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by admin | Feb 10, 2025 | Elections, News and Updates
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Today, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club filed a criminal complaint with Attorney General Kris Mayes and Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell over the nearly 40,000 duplicate signatures that were discovered during the petition review on Proposition 140, which had taken place last year before the November General Election. Proposition 140 sought to enact a California-style election scheme built around ranked choice voting and jungle primaries. It was soundly defeated by Arizona voters at the ballot box.
Of the nearly 40,000 duplicates that were included when the Prop 140 Committee submitted their signatures to the Arizona Secretary of State, it was uncovered that 253 people had signed petitions five or more times. One individual had signed 15 times.
“Double or even triple-signing the same initiative petition over the span of several months may well evince merely carelessness or forgetfulness. Signing one’s name five, ten, or even fifteen times, however, is not susceptible to that excuse,” said Scot Mussi, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. “There is certainly, at the very least, ample reason to believe that the individuals identified in Exhibit A knowingly violated Arizona law. I accordingly request that your respective offices open an investigation and pursue all appropriate criminal charges.”
Read the complaint here. See the exhibit of duplicate signatures here.
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by admin | Jan 31, 2025 | Elections, News and Updates
Another election has come and gone, and once again Arizona showed the nation that it doesn’t know how to count votes. Like a bad movie we are forced to watch every two years, rampant delays in processing early ballots left voters waiting over a week to find out who won key races in the state.
Virtually everyone around the country watching our slow-motion election train wreck, from major media outlets to national pundits, agreed that fixing Arizona’s tabulation process is long overdue.
Everyone, that is, except Governor Katie Hobbs and her partisan Democrat allies in the legislature.
This shouldn’t be a total shock to those who have followed previous attempts to reform our election system. Over the last couple of years, Democrats have opposed popular election reforms like requiring basic proof of citizenship to vote, all while millions were pouring in illegally through the southern border. They argued against commonsense voter ID laws, claiming our elections are safe and secure without them (and California democrats even banned voter ID outright).
And now, after Arizona was again one of the last states to finish ballot processing, the Democrats remain opposed to ensuring we have election night results.
So, what’s the Democrats’ excuse? Curiously, Governor Katie Hobbs omitted any mention of fixing our broken election system in her state of the state address. Her allies in the legislature, when pressed on the issue, have resorted to calling demands for election night results a “manufactured crisis.”
Arizona has become the laughingstock of the country, and Arizona Democrats seemingly want to keep it that way.
It’s their choice if they want to represent a fringe minority that doesn’t care how badly our elections operate. But the rest of us want reform, and that is what our organization is fighting for at the state legislature.
At the top of the list is moving the current deadline for returning early ballots. Currently, every voter in Arizona is eligible to receive a mail-in ballot, and that ballot may be returned at any time until 7PM on election day. The problem with this system is that ballots returned within the last couple days cannot be processed and tabulated by election night. This past election several hundred thousand ballots were dropped off on election day, causing a weeklong delay in processing the results.
Simply setting a deadline – Friday before the election – would immediately eliminate this delay. Voters would still have more than three weeks to fill out their ballots and either return them by mail or drop them off with the county. And voters can still vote in person – early and on election day.
And if we want to add even more ease, access, and security to our process, the silver bullet is on-site tabulation of ballots at the polling location. Want accessible elections? Allow for on-site tabulation. Want secure elections? Allow for on-site tabulation. Want efficient election results? Allow for on-site tabulation. It is a win-win-win, for the voters, and for the state.
Voters that enjoy the convenience of filling out their ballot on their own time in their own home, can continue to do so. But if they do not want to leave it to the post office to deliver their ballot, and they don’t want to drop it off, or they do not drop it off by the Friday cutoff, then they can show up at a polling place and tabulate their ballot themselves. This means more voters showing ID before casting their ballot, and it means their ballots are tabulated immediately.
These reforms have proven to work in other states like Florida. And they shouldn’t be new ideas to lawmakers or Katie Hobbs, since these are ideas our organization has promoted for years.
We have the opportunity to increase access, increase security, and increase the efficiency of our elections. In other words, we could finally no longer be the laughingstock of the country in the next election and all to come. The question is, will Arizona Democrats and Katie Hobbs stand in the way?
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