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,