We won the Battle of Arizona, for the most part.... but we still had some issues.
OK, so we weren't as slow counting votes as California, who is remarkably STILL counting votes even as we speak.
Obviously, they are using that to steal several congressional races that are close.
But here in AZ, we did not do very much better. We had several close races that were still "counting" votes weeks after election day.
THAT is our next big frontier in election integrity. If Florida can give accurate vote counts on Tuesday night, so can Arizona- a state many times smaller!
Our Senate President wrote an op-ed in the Washington Examiner that put it very well:
On Nov. 9, the Associated Press called Arizona for President-elect Donald Trump, making it the final state to be called by the media and have its electoral votes allocated in reporting the results of the presidential election four days after Election Day. As president of the Arizona Senate, I know this delay can never happen again. We must have immediate certainty about election results, especially for one of the most critical states on the electoral map.
While the eventual outcome of this presidential election between Trump and Vice President Harris was known in the wee hours of Nov. 6, the delayed reporting of Arizona’s electoral contribution could have caused unnecessary angst and mistrust with men and women around the country had it been a closer result. We know this does not need to be the case with our elections. That is why we are continuing to look to our neighbors across the country to mirror some common sense and bipartisan election reforms to bring more transparency and certainty to Arizona’s system.
Florida has quickly turned into one of the models of election integrity and certainty in the United States. Over the past few cycles, the state has managed to count most of its votes within hours of polls closing. Most, if not all, of the races are called, the electoral votes are assigned, and the nation quickly moves on to other states.
My team and I, along with several state senators, representatives, and county elected officials, recently met with Florida’s secretary of state to discuss how to implement these commonsense reforms in Arizona. I am hopeful that Democrats and county officials will join us in our efforts to improve our election systems for the Arizona voters we are privileged to serve. Election integrity, transparency, efficiency, and certainty shouldn’t be a partisan problem. Unfortunately, it has become a Republican versus Democrat catfight in which many of our friends on the Left are unwilling to consider reforms that might give our constituents more assurances about their sacred right to vote.
AZ Republicans want to clean up this issue. We want to bring best practices to Arizona. The Dems- including our fraud-filled governor- stand in our way.
In order to win the issue, we must win the argument. We need to convince Arizonans that accuracy, transparency, and speed are important.
PAID FOR BY WENDY ROGERS FOR AZ SENATE
Wendy Rogers is a retired member of the Air Force. Use of military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or the Department of Defense.
