Citizens ask Pinal board to help defeat federal election bill
by Mark Cowling | Maricopa Monitor
Citizens upset with pending legislation affecting how America conducts elections found sympathetic ears with the Pinal County Board of Supervisors.
The board heard from 11 people in person, mostly from the Oracle area, and one by email Wednesday, urging it to contact Arizona’s U.S. senators and persuade them to vote against HR 1. Luke Myers of Coolidge called the bill “a spectacular exhibit of arrogance.”
Also known as the “For the People Act,” HR 1 would expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, limit partisan gerrymandering and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders.
