What Governor Jan Brewer Should Do With the Arizona Vetting and Eligibility Bill She Just Vetoed
What Governor Jan Brewer Should Do With the Arizona Vetting and Eligibility Bill She Just Vetoed By: Mario Apuzzo, Esq. April 19, 2011 We all know by now that Governor Jan Brewer on April 18, 2011, vetoed Arizona’s historic vetting and eligibility bill that passed both Houses of government. But I have not heard the Governor offer any solution to the problem of assuring the integrity of the state and federal electoral process. Governor Brewer should simply advise the Arizona legislature what her problems are, e.g., she says they are circumcision documentation (just one of the listed documents) in place of a birth certificate should the latter document not be available and the role of the Secretary of State to make sure the candidate meets the eligibility requirements, and ask them to modify the language or take it out of the law. The legislature can then resubmit the bill. That is how simple it is. Governor Brewer also needs to understand that the federal government has not legislated i...