Leaked Conversation Of AZ Dems & Attempt to Cover Up 98,000 Voter Registrations

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Arizona’s Democratic leaders knew they had no good options when they jumped on a phone call this month. They had just learned tens of thousands of residents had been registered to vote for decades, even though there was no record they had provided proof of citizenship — a requirement under state law.

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Their predicament was “an urgent, a dire situation,” Gov. Katie Hobbs said, according to audio of the call obtained by The Washington Post. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said critics would “beat us up no matter what the hell we do.” Attorney General Kris Mayes worried they would be accused of rigging the 2024 election in a crucial state.

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“When this goes public, it is going to have all of the conspiracy theorists in the globe — in the world — coming back to re-litigate the past three elections, at least in Arizona,” Hobbs said. “And it’s going to validate all of their theories about illegal voting in our elections, even though we all know that’s not true.”

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“Think about all of the 82-year-olds in wheelchairs who are not going to be able to make it to the polls and sure as hell aren’t going to, like, be able to find their f---ing driver’s licenses or birth certificates in time,” said Mayes, the attorney general. Arizonans this fall will vote on a state constitutional amendment to ensure access to abortion and decide whether Republicans hang on to their narrow control of the state legislature. Mayes said the group would be accused of disenfranchising Republicans to gain an advantage in those contests. “We can’t do that,” she said.

Fontes, who led most of the conversation, summed up their conundrum: “They’re going to beat us up no matter what the hell we do, no matter what the hell we say.”

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“If I was in your shoes, secretary, I would take those 148,000 voters and move them to fed-only and do everything I could to provide the resources for the counties to deal with that additional burden and to ensure the confidence in the system,” said Hobbs. “I’m sure that there’s a very small percentage of those voters that are not actually eligible.”

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Fontes sided with Mayes, saying, “I have no intention of notifying 148,000 voters at this stage of the game that they have to scramble around when the state of Arizona has been providing them full ballots all this time.”

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Fontes said it would be “an absolute s--- show at the counties if we tell them they need to go chase down 150,000” voters to verify citizenship given the many demands on their offices. “I loathe to shove this down their throats at this stage of the game,” he said.

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“Can you imagine telling 67,000 Republicans they can’t vote on the abortion initiative,” Mayes asked, her tone incredulous. “I mean, Katie, I understand your point about not politicizing this, but the reality is that if we let this happen, all of these elections are challengeable. They’re going to be calling for a new election.”

Responded Hobbs: “They’re going to be calling for new 2020 and ’22 elections as well.”

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