Fighting over Arizona election rules became a virtual bloodsport in recent years.
Now Trump supporters just discovered more reason for alarm over election rules in the Democrat-run state.
But Katie Hobbs is getting a brutal reality check after disregarding voters with two flagrant changes to Arizona election rules.
Democrat Governor blatantly overreached with two “unconstitutional” executive orders ahead of Arizona election
The Republican Party of Arizona just filed a lawsuit against the Democrat Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs over her issuing of two executive orders.
The lawsuit argues that the two orders had “unlawfully” and “unilaterally” changed Arizona’s existing election laws.
The Chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, Gina Swoboda, filed the suit against Hobbs over Executive Order 23 titled “Authorizing the Use of State Facilities as Voting Locations,” and Executive Order 25 titled “Facilitating Voter Registration.”
Swoboda argued that the Democrat governor’s actions were a “blatant overreach of her authority,” according to the Arizona Capitol Times.
These orders were issued by Governor Hobbs in November of last year.
Executive Order 23 established the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry, as well as other state agencies as ballot drop-off locations.
Executive Order 25 redesignated those state departments to be “Voter Registration Assistance Agencies” intended to “distribute voter registration forms, assist applicants in completing voter registration forms, and accept completed voter registration forms.”
The lawsuit reads that Hobbs had “exceeded, and is therefore unlawfully exercising her authority as Governor, in issuing EO 23 and EO 25.”
The lawsuit also established that both orders are “unconstitutional and void.”
“Petitioners seek to enjoin Governor Hobbs from enforcing EO 23 and EO 25 on the grounds they exceed the powers granted her by the Arizona Constitution and Arizona statutes, violate the separation of powers regarding the Legislature’s authority to enact election laws; and usurp the powers lawfully granted to the Secretary of State regarding the designation of Voter Registration Agencies and county recorders regarding ballot drop-off locations,” the complaint read. “EO 23 and EO 25 are contrary to law because, in issuing these executive orders, the Governor usurped the authority of the Legislature by unilaterally changed duly-enacted election laws.”
The lawsuit also brought up the point that Hobbs’ executive orders had failed to address other “important issues,” such as “where to store completed ballots until they can be sent to the appropriate election officials or keeping a chain-of-custody log for these completed ballots.”
Unlawful and unconstitutional last minute changes to Arizona election rules
Included in the lawsuit was a request to the court to, not just declare the two executive orders to be unconstitutional and to prevent the enforcement of those orders by Hobbs, but to also “issue a writ of quo warrant to prohibit Governor Hobbs from unlawfully exercising authority she lacks to change election laws.”
Swoboda also uploaded a video to X where she explained that “the governor’s office does not have the authority under the constitution or under any statutory authority to designate voter registration agencies and definitely not to designate ballot drop-off locations or voting locations.”
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Chair @GinaSwoboda explains the @AZGOP's latest lawsuit against Governor Katie Hobbs for her BLATANT executive overreach of election law. pic.twitter.com/E4eAnNKUnK
— Republican Party of Arizona (@AZGOP) August 22, 2024
A press aide for Governor Hobbs, Liliana Soto, argued to the Arizona Capitol Times that the lawsuit was merely “frivolous,” defending the governor by claiming she was using her “lawful authority” to protect voting rights.
Hobbs’ general counsel, Bo Dul, also argued that her executive orders “further the important goals of increasing Arizonans’ access to voter registration.”
But it is obvious that Hobbs and Democrats just like her are relying on changing the election rules at the 11th hour to try and win big in November.
They are not just ignoring election fraud – they are promoting it.