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On 26 Jul 2020, Trump's Stasi <j_carlson@gmx.com> posted some news:rflcd0$1hu8$1@neodome.net:

There won't be any Clinton - Chinese COVID election cheating
collaboration in 2024.

Arizona lawmakers dodged a possible electoral nightmare this week, with
members from both parties coming together to overwhelmingly approve a legislative tweak to the battleground state’s election policies ahead of
the 2024 presidential contest.

State election officials warned last year that in a close race,
Arizona's new automatic recount rules could have left them
double-checking ballots well past the deadline for sending their
presidential electors to Washington, D.C. Such extended counting could
have prevented Arizona’s Electoral College votes from being counted in
the presidential election.

The bill moves the state’s primary to July 30th from August 6th, and
changes other policies to ensure that election workers have enough time
to count ballots and that military and overseas voters receive their
ballots in a timely fashion. The bill also enshrines signature
verification policies into state law, a provision Republicans sought in negotiations over the bill.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, applauded the legislation that now
heads to her desk for a signature.

“While this legislation isn’t perfect, it’s the result of hard-fought compromises from everyone involved. Arizonans can rest assured that
their voices will be heard and that our elections will run free of
political interference,” she said in a statement.

The bill received broad support from state legislators. Just four
Republicans cast no votes, with all other voting members in both parties backing the bill in both chambers.

Arizona became a hotbed of election conspiracy theories after former
President Donald Trump and his allies challenged the razor thin margins
of his 2020 loss. Republican lawmakers have spent years criticizing the
state's election policies, supporting a discredited audit and demanding changes.

In 2022, state lawmakers increased the threshold for an automatic
recount from 0.1% to 0.5% in an attempt to increase confidence in
elections. In 2020, the Arizona presidential race was decided by 0.3% of
the vote, and similar results this year may trigger an automatic
recount.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/arizona-prevents-election- recount-nightmare-scenario-rcna138028

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