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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, ....
Richard donoghue: it gets back to the criminal intent issue. i don t know what he believed. [indistinct chanting] jake tapper: and what might lie ahead. michael luttig: the former president and his allies represent a clear and present danger to american democracy. speaeaker: it s s over! michael luttig: not because of what they did on january 6th speaker: you better run, cops! michael luttig: it s because of what they pledge to do in 2024. jake tapper: a cnn special report. american coup, the january 6th investigation. [music playing] rusty bowers: i m a very textural artist. i love a lot of texture. jake tapper: in arizona, the republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers, is an artist by trade. but last february, bowers was thrown into a real life drama. rusty bowers: the bill number was 2596. jake tapper: 2596. one of more than 100 bills submitted in arizona to tighten access to ththe ballot b box. the measure would have scrapped early voting. ....
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, ....