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Uncle Joe

(64,511 posts) Wed Feb 4, 2026, 11:56 AM 4 hrs ago

"No Means No": AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to "Nationalize" Voting

As President Trump suggests the federal government should "nationalize" and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The Justice Department has sued Arizona and over 20 other states for their full voter registration lists. "No means no," Fontes says in response to the Trump administration's encroachment on state authority. "We should not be handing over any of our personal identifying information to the president. Not only should we not be doing it, but it's against the law for me to fulfill the request from the Department of Justice."

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"No Means No": AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to "Nationalize" Voting (Original Post) Uncle Joe 4 hrs ago OP

K&R orangecrush 4 hrs ago #1

So the DoJ is suborning a felony. Qutzupalotl 4 hrs ago #2

Back when we had a Constitution Bluetus 4 hrs ago #3

orangecrush

(29,262 posts)

1. K&R

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Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:03 PM

4 hrs ago

Qutzupalotl

(15,739 posts)

2. So the DoJ is suborning a felony.

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Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:07 PM

4 hrs ago

Or in other words, it's Wednesday.

Bluetus

(2,476 posts)

3. Back when we had a Constitution

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Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:22 PM

4 hrs ago

it said

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof;

Certainly some rigid standards making elections reliable and consistent across all states would be a good thing, and the Constitution defined Congress as having that role.

But we all know what is happening here. This is nothing more than a move to put Musk and Palantir in charge of the elections so that they can expand what they did in 2024 to every precinct in the country.

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