Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli this morning notified Arizona County regulators with a notice to stop using foreign machines in their elections.
Article 1 Section 4 of the United States Constitution gives the state legislature to “regulate the ‘times, places, and manner of conducting elections for Senators and Representatives’.”
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, The Arizona House and Senate passed Senate concurrent resolution 1037setting official requirements for the use of electronic voting machines in the state and prohibiting the use of devices using foreign components.
This resolution also requires the source code used in any automated federal election voting machine made available to the public.
HUGE: Arizona House Joins Senate in Passing Resolution to Ban Foreign Voting Machines and Require Source Code, Ballots, Chain of Custody Documents and Log Files to Be Made Public
This resolution bypassed the governor and was forwarded directly to the office of the secretary of state. If the Secretary of State and Arizona counties fail to comply with this new rule, the legislature can and will sue.
Senator Borrelli issued the following press release this morning:
Senate Majority Leader Calls on Provincial Supervisors to Protect National Security During Future Elections
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Arizona State Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli, via a letter today, notifies all County Board of Supervisors in the state of Arizona to prioritize protecting national security first during future elections.
In 2017, the US Secretary of Homeland Security issued a statement clearly identifying election infrastructure as critical infrastructure, meaning that these electronic systems must have safeguards in place to prevent attacks that threaten our national security.
During this session, the Senate passed legislation that would have met the federal government’s requirements to protect critical election infrastructure, but Senate Bill 1074 was vetoed by the governor. Therefore, with the passing of Concurrent Senate Resolution 1037 (SCR 1037) by the Legislature and its transmission to the Secretary of State. The legislature exercises our plenary authority to ensure that no electronic voting systems are used in the state of Arizona as the primary method of conducting, counting, tabulating, or verifying federal elections unless those systems meet the necessary standards of protection.
“The federal government has made it very clear that election equipment is considered a target for those who want to threaten the safety and security of our country,” Majority Leader Borrelli said. “We have long ignored this elephant in the room by allowing electronic voting systems made with parts manufactured in countries considered adversaries of the United States to be used as the primary method of keeping our elections. It is in the interest of our state and nation that we comply with the implementation of security measures to protect our republic.”
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Thank you @GarretLewis because today you invited me to explain SCR 1037.It is the Arizona Legislature that regains FULL POWER under the US Constitution over our FEDERAL Elections.
No more machines unless they can meet US only… pic.twitter.com/p6XM5EMhOt— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) May 22, 2023
Borrelli sent the following letter to all Arizona County Supervisor chairpersons:
Dear Chairman,
The purpose of this letter is to inform you about the latest update from the 56° Legislature, First Regular Session on necessary national security measures. A press release issued by the office of the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security on January 17, 2017 clearly states the election infrastructure designation. Election infrastructure is critical infrastructure. The obvious reason for this is that elections have a major impact on national security. It is vital that the state of Arizona fulfills that inherent intent of the federal government and ensures that a system of cybersecurity and surveillance is established within each political subdivision. The passage of Senate Bill 1074 (SB 1074) would have met those requirements to protect critical infrastructure.
Unfortunately, the governor has chosen to veto SB 1074. As a result, it exposes our electronic voting systems, which are made with components from countries considered adversaries of the US, to attack and places both Arizona and the rest of the country in an extremely vulnerable and dangerous position.
Accordingly, with the passing of Concurrent Senate Resolution 1037 (SCR 1037) by the Legislature and transmission to the Secretary of State on April 3, 2023, it is now incumbent on the Legislature to exercise our plenary authority. Enshrined in Article I, Section 4, Clause I of the United States Constitution, “times, places, and manner” of conducting federal elections specifically states that electronic voting systems (way) are not required by law to be used as the primary method of counting , tabulate, or verify.
Therefore, whether resolved by the Fifty-sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, no electronic voting systems may be used in the state of Arizona as the primary method of conducting, counting, and tabulating. or verifying federal elections, unless these systems meet the requirements set forth in SCR 1037.
The Gateway Pundit will provide updates on this resolution.
