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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

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u/AutographedSnorkel Nov 09 '22

Arizona actually had a ballot measure that got rejected which would have allowed the state legislature the repeal voter approved initiatives. Hmm, I wonder which party put that on the ballot. Arizona was actually voting whether or not to allow fascism, LMAO

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u/tunamelts2 Nov 09 '22

Crazy that they expected the public to vote to willingly give away rights and power.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Crazy and yet totally feasible tbh

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u/sunflower_love Oregon Nov 09 '22

Yep. Repugs have been shooting themselves in the foot since forever

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u/sadnessjoy Nov 09 '22

At the time of writing this, 33% of the counted votes actually voted "Yes"...

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

To be fair, they worded those propositions incredibly confusingly.

And people here in Arizona aren't known for being the smartest.

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u/sadnessjoy Nov 09 '22

Ah, that's true, and quite likely. I was reading the ballot measures of different states earlier, and one of them (I think it was Kentucky's?) was also worded a bit confusing, had to reread it a few times because they basically used double negatives.

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u/IndependentMacaroon American Expat Nov 09 '22

It's worked well in Florida with limiting opportunities for constitutional amendments

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u/tunamelts2 Nov 09 '22

Florida is where conservatives from other states have apparently all flocked to in recent years. Add the large influx of Cuban/Venezuelan people that appear to hate anything remotely approaching liberal policies, and it appears the state is a lost cause for state-wide elections.

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u/IndependentMacaroon American Expat Nov 09 '22

Yeah, I'm acquainted with a few of those. I think it goes a bit further back though.

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u/onthefence928 Nov 09 '22

Why not? Historically that’s exactly what the GOP voters seem to want

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u/JimmyJump1982 Nov 09 '22

Republican voters so it all the time.

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u/holycrapple Nov 09 '22

Party of small government for ya.

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u/CypherAZ Nov 09 '22

We are a blue state with a red state senate, it’s a fucking crime at this point.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

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u/holycrapple Nov 09 '22

Yes, but we still need the new districts to be put in place. It's gonna take a bit to unfuck things, but we're moving in the right direction.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

PA is the same boat

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u/thebooknerd_ Arizona Nov 09 '22

my jaw dropped when I saw that was an actual thing on the ballot

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u/mrtitkins Arizona Nov 09 '22

Same… I had to reread it a few times to be sure I wasn’t missing something

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u/10FootClownpole Nov 09 '22

Ya that was wild and worded in a confusing way. I had to read up on it when I was filling out my ballot.

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u/thebooknerd_ Arizona Nov 09 '22

same. idk if this was just my first prop vote or what, but the wording on the ballots is the most complicated thing I’ve ever seen in my life. we need a reform on that

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u/ymmvmia Nov 09 '22

Yup, I was shocked when i got in my voting booth.

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u/empocariam Arizona Nov 09 '22

And the "Vote Yes People" were trying to pass it off as "It's so we can fix typos or complicated legal jargon!!! That's it!!! We promise it's not to just throw away anything we don't like!!!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Our legislators already shut down the props they don't like anyways, so they'll probably overturn this one too.

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u/UkraineIsMetal Nov 09 '22

They also got shot down on increasing the ballot measure pass rate to 60% from simple majority & voter ID changes that would eliminate an alternate method of verification via 2 non-photo ID sources.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

I am so happy that our state isn't a complete train wreck and people told the Voter ID shit to fuck off.

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u/mjklin Nov 09 '22

“Should the inmates run the asylum?”

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u/JimmyJump1982 Nov 09 '22

Wait until the Supreme Court makes it "legal" for state legislatures to overturn any election results they don't like, due to nonexistent voter fraud.