access to the ballot b box. the measure would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. rusty bowers: 90% of my district votes early. jake tapper: and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. rusty bowers: with no guidance criteria, the legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election. and i said, welcome to fascism. speaker: hb 2596 elections. rusty bowers: and so i said i will give this the respect it deserves. education. so i sent it to 12 committees, so we would have a long vetting process. military affairs. typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill, you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees, then you re getting a message. the judiciary i assigned it to 12 committees. transportation. it was theatrical, and i admit it. jake tapper: it s no overstatement to say that because bowers stood up for democracy,
access to the ballot b box. the measure would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. rusty bowers: 90% of my district votes early. jake tapper: and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. rusty bowers: with no guidance criteria, the legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election. and i said, welcome to fascism. speaker: hb 2596 elections. rusty bowers: and so i said i will give this the respect it deserves. education. so i sent it to 12 committees, so we would have a long vetting process. military affairs. typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill, you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees, then you re getting a message. the judiciary i assigned it to 12 committees. transportation. it was theatrical, and i admit it. jake tapper: it s no overstatement to say that because bowers stood up for democracy,
the measure would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. 90% of my district votes early. and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. with no guidance criteria, the legislature after the election could dismiss the election. and i said, welcome to fascism. hb 2596 elections. and so i said, i will give this the respect it deserves. education. so i sent it to 12 committees so we would have a long vetting process. military affairs. typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees then you re getting a message. judiciary. i assigned it to 12 committees. transportation. it was theatrical, and i admit it. it s no overstatement to say because bowers stood up for
this. with no guidance criteria, the legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election, and i said, welcome to fascism. hb 2596 elections. and i said i will give this the respect it deserves. education. so i sent it to 12 committees so we would have a long vetting process. military affairs. typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill, you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees, then you re getting a message. judiciary. i sent it to 12 committees. transportation. it was theoretical, and i admit it. it s no overstatement to say that because bowers stood up for democracy, he will no longer be in the state legislature. i m rusty bowers. terminated in the state house, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. i stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. my opponent is david
love a lot of texture. reporter: in arizona, the republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers, is an artist by trade. last february, bowers was thrown into a real-life drama. the bill number was 2596. reporter: 2596, one of more than 100 bills submitted in arizona to tighten access to the ballot box. the measure would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. 90% of my district votes early. reporter: and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to resty bowers was this. with no guidance criteria, the legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election. and i said, welcome to fascism. hb-2596, elections i said, i will give this the respect it deserves. i sent it to 12 committees so we would have a long vetting process. military affairs