Arizona Politics

Hamadeh Proposes Bill for English-Only Ballots

Representative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) proposes a bill requiring federal election ballots to be printed exclusively in English, saying, "Federal elections should be conducted in English—clear, consistent, and without exceptions."

The Gateway Pundit reported that Rep. Hamadeh's proposed bill would specifically pull federal funding from states that print ballots in other languages, evidently inspired by President Donald Trump's recent executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.

Shortly after the order, Rep. Hamadeh posted to X (formerly Twitter), "All ballots with federal elections should only be printed in English."

"I will be introducing legislation to eliminate federal funding for states that issue ballots in multiple languages. Federal elections should be conducted in English—clear, consistent, and without exceptions," the Arizona Congressman told the Gateway Pundit.

Hamadeh previously claimed that his 2022 run for Arizona Attorney General was stolen, challenging Kris Mayes's victory in a lawsuit that was eventually dismissed.

As a result, Hamadeh spoke with the Gateway Pundit in November, shortly after his electoral victory, saying election integrity would be a priority of his time in Congress, including bans on ranked-choice voting and passing the SAVE Act.

"I want to take the charge on election integrity. I think for me, I have the expertise having gone through what I've done in Arizona. You know, even my colleagues that I talk to, they all see Arizona's elections as a mess, and I think that's where we've moved Overton Window so much, where everybody talks about election fraud, election integrity," Hamadeh said in November.

The Arizona Congressman further suggested that "we have exposed a lot of [voter fraud]" and that his legislative efforts to correct such issues would be "death by 1000 cuts."

In February, Arizona House Republicans celebrated the passage of HB2703, a state-level bill with provisions to speed up Arizona's infamously slow vote counting. The first of these is establishing a firm deadline for early ballots to be returned at voting locations by 7 p.m. on the Friday before Election Day.

Grayson Bakich

Florida born and raised, Grayson Bakich is a recent recipient of a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His thesis examined recent trends in political polarization and how this leads into justification of violence.

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