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Arizona Lawmakers Unveil Bill to End Use of Voting Machines with Foreign Components

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The Arizona state Senate Committee on Elections has been passed, which would require voting machines to be made entirely of components sourced in the United States.

}The proposed change in election law backed by Arizona Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli and sponsored by Sen. Anthony Kern — both Republicans — relies on the constitutional legislature’s authority to oversee elections. Therefore, the lawmakers argue, it does not need Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ signature to become Arizona’s voting policy,” the Western Journal reported.

“The resolution states right up front that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2017 designated election infrastructure as critical infrastructure. In light of this, Republican senators said that Arizona should follow the Department of Defense policy of requiring the supply chain for the machines to be sourced in the U.S.,” the outlet added.

This comes as Arizona Republican Kari Lake is not prepared to concede to the state’s new Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs no matter what anyone in the media says.

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She was breathing fire in a new interview with Piers Morgan of The Daily Mail Lake when he gave her his opinion of her plight.

“I don’t mind your fighting spirit,” the host said to her during an episode of his talk show, Piers Morgan Uncensored.

“But it does come a point when for the future of democracy, you and Donald Trump have to accept at some point you lost an election,” he said.

“Otherwise, the entire system collapses,” he said. “If your simple response to losing is always, ‘we didn’t lose, we won,’ then democracy dies.”

But Lake said she will continue her fight.

“I’m fighting for the people of Arizona,” the former candidate said.

“In Arizona, I can’t walk 10 feet without an Arizonan saying, ‘I voted for you, everybody I know voted for you, our ballot was rejected on Election Day, please keep fighting for us,” she said before shredding Morgan for his opinion.

“I don’t mean any offense to you, but I frankly don’t give a damn what you think,” she said. “I’m fighting for the people of Arizona.”

The host asked her when she would accept that she was defeated by Gov. Hobbs.

“We are taking [the lawsuit] to the [Arizona] Supreme Court,” she said.

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The host asked her if she is considering a campaign for the United States Senate and she did not say no.

“It is in the back of my mind, but my No. 1 priority is my case,” she said. “And I want to see my case through.”

During an interview with Charlie Kirk on his Real America’s Voice show, Lake hinted that she could run for the Senate in the 2024 election if she doesn’t get a “decent ruling” in her lawsuit for the Arizona gubernatorial election.

When Kirk asked if she was “entertaining” a Senate run, Lake replied: “Yes I am entertaining it. I mean my number one priority is our court case, and I have full confidence in our court case and I hope we will get a judge to do the right thing. But I’m also looking at what happens if we don’t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away. I represent we the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they’re willing to steal an election then I’m not going to let them have that, I won’t go away.”

“I’ve seen some internal polling that shows I’m the only Republican who can beat these other two. I find both of them incredibly dangerous to the people of Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema’s voting record being 93 percent of the time voting for Joe Biden’s agenda, I find Ruben Gallego being a self-admitted socialist really frightening for Arizona and if I’m the only Republican who can beat them, I would be willing to jump in,” Lake added.

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