The House is a Russian nesting doll of points of order right now.
And @AthenaSalman just called a point of order *on herself* to get an answer about what they're allowed to discuss after Rs objected to Dems talking about why they think #SB1485 is a bad bill during a debate about whether the COW report should be amended to say the bill failed
Salman did not get that answer, and she was the last person to speak on that motion. #SB1485 is now going to a third reading, or the last vote it will get in the House unless senators object to amendments.
#SB1485 is poised to pass along party lines. As amended in the House, it will:
- change PEVL to the "Active Early Voting List," or AEVL
- clarify that voters would have to skip voting by mail in all elections in two consecutive cycles to risk removal from the list
But first the House is taking a separate roll call vote on whether to overturn Speaker Bowers' ruling that @aaron4az was out of order.
During the vote on whether to overturn Bowers’ ruling that @aaron4az was out of order, @recobbforazrep called *another* point of order on Lieberman and he was ruled out of order again.
The House literally played back the tape of the latest point of order like it was a review of a call in a football game. Bowers decided his ruling stands; back to the vote on whether to overturn his other out-of-order ruling
And now back to the original vote on #SB1485, which is still poised to pass 31-29.
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Presser starting with Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan. @BennettArizona says he’ll intervene if anyone tries to talk about Logan’s tweets. “We’re not here to audit Doug’s opinions.”
Teams of three will sit at these tables, with a camera recording (but not streaming) every table. Logan says this will result in total accountability.
Counters are only looking at the presidential race and the Senate race - aka the ones @JoeBiden and @SenMarkKelly won. They’ll see scanned ballots and paper copies.
Senate is now voting on #SB1485, the PEVL-pruning bill. In a twist, Republican @AZKellyT is voting "no" — I'm not sure yet whether that's a mistake or intentional and Dems are also huddling.
Sponsor @MichelleUgenti: "Obviously this bill isn't going to pass because the senator from District 15 in a show of spite and a show of rage has decided to vote against it. It's disappointing that someone who purports to care about election integrity would do this."
@MichelleUgenti Ugenti-Rita says Townsend is upset that her own election bills didn't get a hearing in the government committee that Ugenti-Rita chairs.
@AZKellyT has called two points of order now about Ugenti-Rita not being allowed to impugn her.
Senate is now back in session and starting with a final vote on #SB1457, which will ban abortions sought solely because of a genetic abnormality. Bill also includes a personhood clause, stating that fetuses should be considered full humans with all associated rights.
Sen. @LelaAlstonAz, starting debate, says bans on abortions for specific reasons (race, sex, genetics) have always been about chipping away at abortion rights.
Sen. @RosannaGabaldon: "This bill is an attempt by anti-abortion groups to co-opt the mantle of disability rights." It's telling that disability rights groups don't support #SB1457.