Vetoed two good bills in one day, one requiring Presidential candidates to prove their Constitutional qualifications before getting on a Primary or General Election ballot, and a provision allowing CCW permit holders (and maybe also non-permit “constitutional carriers,” legal since last summer — Help me out here, secret squirrel) to carry on college and university campi. I don’t know what her motivation for vetoing the latter is, but as far as the former, she says she’s concerned about how much power the bill gave to the Secretary of State.
There’s also talk that she would veto a Gadsden Flag license plate bill making its way through the state legislature.
As far as overrides, the State Senate is 20 of 30 Republican, for exactly two-thirds, so just on a party line vote (never a given), the Senate could override her vetoes. I’m not sure about the composition of the State House, though I know it’s GOP-controlled.
Funny, I had Jan Brewer already penciled in as the 45th President of the United States. I suppose I better break out the ole eraser.
However, even after all this, she’s still way better than Arizona’s previous Governor.
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