As the November elections loom ever larger, election integrity is becoming a huge issue.
Election fraud is a growing problem, and Democrats are using it to their full advantage.
And Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs ‘unlawfully’ changed election rules with these despicable actions.
The Republican Party of Arizona filed a lawsuit against Arizona Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs, claiming two of her executive orders “unlawfully” and “unilaterally” altered the state’s current election laws.
A “blatant overreach of her authority”
Arizona Republican Chairwoman Gina Swoboda sued Hobbs over Executive Order 23, Authorizing the Use of State Facilities as Voting Locations, and Executive Order 25, Facilitating Voter Registration.
She called the governor’s actions a “blatant overreach of her authority,” the Arizona Capitol Times reported.
Hobbs issued the orders in November 2023.
Executive Order 23 named the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections and the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry, and other state-run agencies, as ballot drop-off locations.
Executive Order 25 designated those state departments as “Voter Registration Assistance Agencies” that are to “distribute voter registration forms, assist applicants in completing voter registration forms, and accept completed voter registration forms.”
According to the lawsuit, Hobbs “exceeded, and is therefore unlawfully exercising, her authority as Governor, in issuing EO 23 and EO 25.”
It also argued that both executive actions 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.”
It noted that Hobbs’ executive orders fail to address other “important issues,” including “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.”
Unlawfully and unconstitutionally changing the rules
The lawsuit requests the court to declare the two executive actions unconstitutional, prevent Hobbs from enforcing the orders, and “issue a writ of quo warrant to prohibit Governor Hobbs from unlawfully exercising authority she lacks to change election laws.”
In a video posted on X, Swoboda explained, “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.”
Hobbs press aide, Liliana Soto, told the Arizona Capitol Times that the lawsuit was “frivolous” and claimed the governor was using her “lawful authority” to protect voting rights.
And Hobbs’ general counsel, Bo Dul, argued the executive orders “further the important goals of increasing Arizonans’ access to voter registration.”
One thing is sure, Hobbs and Democrats like her, continue to try and change the rules mid-stream to try and win in November.
They not only ignore election fraud, but promote it.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for more on this developing story.