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John Fillmore |
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Photo: Ross D.
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Former extremist Republican member of the
Arizona House of Representatives representing
District 16 since January 14, 2019. Fillmore
also previously served in the Arizona House of
Representatives from 2011 to 2013 from District
23. In 2020, he proposed House Bill 2082, to
"prevent public schools from penalizing
employees who use incorrect pronouns for
transgender students." It would also prohibit
schools from requiring that employees use
correct pronouns for students, unless the
pronoun 'corresponds to the sex listed on that
student's birth certificate.'" After Donald
Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to
concede while making false claims of fraud,
Fillmore sponsored HB 2701, a bill which would,
among other things, limit mail-in voting in
Arizona as well as limit the number of voting
centers in each county. Counties with
populations less than 200,000 persons would have
a maximum of four centers, those from 200,000 to
1,000,000 would have not more than 8 voting
centers, and those with over 1,000,000 persons
would be limited to 15 voting centers. The very
populous Maricopa County would therefore have
about one center for 300,000 people, while the
very spread out Coconino County would have four
voting centers total. In 2022, Fillmore proposed
to eliminate most early and absentee voting, as
well as force people to vote in their home
precincts rather than at voting centers across
the state of Arizona. Fillmore also proposed to
allow the Arizona legislature to overturn
election results. Fillmore was a member of
the radical, pro-insurrectionist
"Freedom
Caucus". |
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Former Republican
State Rep. John
Fillmore Tapped To
Lead “Patriot Party” |
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"The
Patriot Party of
Arizona, which
tried and failed to
qualify as a new
Arizona political
party in 2021, has
announced that its
new leader is former
Republican State
Representative
John Fillmore,
and that he will be
leading the party in
its fresh effort to
become an official
party and compete
directly with both
the Republican and
Democratic parties.
[ . . . ] “By
the end of his last
campaign, the only
friends Fillmore had
left were a handful
of Patriot Party
supporters,
so this isn’t a
surprise,” observed
one active GOP
voter" |
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Apr. 23, 2023 |
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Center
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Arizona
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2022 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
District
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Question 2: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
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Oppose. |
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Question 4: Allowing biological males that identify as transgender to play on female sports’ teams. |
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Position: Oppose |
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Question 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.* |
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Position: Support |
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Question 9:
Protecting individuals and
businesses from being required
to provide services or use their
artistic expression in a manner
that violates their moral or
religious beliefs.** |
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Candidates' Position:
Support. |
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This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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**Discriminatory
"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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AJ Lawmaker Wins
Prize For Dumbest
Legislation
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"As we head toward
April and the
Arizona legislative
session winds down,
the fierce
competition for the
dumbest idea yet
appears to be over.
This year’s honors
go to Apache
Junction Rep. John
Fillmore for his
tireless efforts to
destroy the state’s
voting system with
his masterpiece, now
known as House Bill
2289. Fillmore’s
mantra, as quoted
from a hearing on
election matters:
“We need to get back
to 1958-style
voting.” |
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Mar. 31, 2022 |
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In other words,
as PROVEN by this bill, Republicans and
ammosexuals find it wrong to discriminate
against inanimate objects but have no
problem discriminating against people. |
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Shame
On Every
Republican Who Voted
To Sabotage
Arizona's Schools |
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"It’s not surprising
that our leaders
finally broke down
and agreed to allow
the public schools
to spend money
that’s already
sitting in their
bank accounts –
money the
Legislature
appropriated last
June. What is
stunning is that 20
Republicans – 14 in
the House and six in
the Senate –
actually
voted to
stiff the schools
and to heck with the
impact on the one
million Arizona
children who attend
them." |
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Feb. 22, 2022 |
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Arizona Lawmaker
Works To Limit
Gender Option On
State Forms |
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"Rep. John
Fillmore, R-Apache
Junction, said he
believes there
currently are no
forms that provide
an alternative.
Instead, he called
it "kind of a
precautionary
thing," given that
other states,
including
California, do allow
that option.
"Historically, what
happens in
California is like a
tidal wave,"
Fillmore said. "It
just kind of rolls
our way." But
unbeknownst to
Fillmore, that
already is
happening: The
Arizona Department
of Transportation
does provide an
option for driver
licenses to have an
X instead of M or F
where "sex" is
listed. That,
however requires an
applicant to present
a government
document —
presumably from
another state —
showing their gender
as non-binary. It is
not an option for an
Arizonan simply
seeking a change in
designation.
Fillmore said all
his measure does is
recognize reality.
"There are two
biological sexes,"
he said, regardless
of how people
identify
themselves." |
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Feb. 6, 2022 |
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Republican
Election Bill Would
Move Arizona One
Step Closer To A
Dictatorship |
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"Some Arizona
Republicans want the
kind of democracy
where they alone can
change election
results. Laughable,
right? It is not.
Republican Rep. John
Fillmore is
proposing
legislation to kill
early voting
altogether, mandate
a hand count of
votes within 24
hours and give the
Legislature the
final say over
results. Under House
Bill 2596, the only
voters allowed to
vote absentee would
be those who are
serving in the
military overseas,
visually impaired,
hospitalized or out
of state on Election
Day. More than a
dozen state
lawmakers have
signed onto the
legislation, the
latest of a flood of
proposals designed
change voting. This
week, a Senate
committee approved
seven
election-related
bills by those who
falsely claim the
2020 presidential
election was rigged
against Donald
Trump. But
Fillmore’s proposal
is the ultimate
attempt to turn
democracy into a
de-facto
dictatorship." |
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Jan. 26, 2022 |
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GOP Lawmakers Ask
Gov. Ducey To
Withhold Funding
From School
Districts Mandating
Masks |
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Several prominent
Arizona Republicans
issued a joint
letter Wednesday
afternoon asking
Gov.
Doug Ducey to
withhold funding and
begin legal action
against school
districts that are
not following state
laws. |
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Aug. 11, 2021 |
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AZ GOP’s Rep. John
Fillmore Admits That
Republicans Will
Believe The “Big
Lie” |
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NO MATTER WHAT |
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May 4, 2021
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Losing Arizona: Is
Rep. John Fillmore
An Insurrectionist? |
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"More than two
months after the
insurrection, these
lawmakers still hold
their elected
position and have
not been held
accountable for
their actions
despite repeated
calls for some to be
disciplined or
expelled from the
legislature." |
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Mar. 10, 2021 |
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Arizona Legislator
Compares
Transgender,
Non-Binary Kids To
Barnyard Animals |
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"Republican John
Fillmore compared
trans and non-binary
kids to chickens" |
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Feb. 11, 2021 |
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Arizona Republicans
Back Texas AG’s
Attempt To Overturn
Election |
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"Arizona state
Reps.
Nancy Barto,
Frank Carroll,
John Fillmore,
Mark Finchem,
Travis
Grantham,
Anthony
Kern,
Steve Pierce,
Bret Roberts and
Kelly Townsend, and
Sens.
Sylvia Allen,
Sonny Borrelli,
David Gowan
and
David Livingston
signed onto the
amicus brief." |
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Dec.
10, 2020 |
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State Rep Stands By Comment Comparing Efforts To Slow COVID-19 To The Holocaust
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Sep. 9, 2020 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2020 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State Representative LD-16 |
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Question 2:
Adding “sexual orientation,”
“gender identity,” or “gender
expression” to the protected
classes of race, religion, age,
sex, and ancestry in
nondiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. --"I
have proposed legislation in
opposition to allowing this
crazy idiology" |
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Question 4:
Allowing biological males that
identify as transgender to play
on female sports’ teams. |
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Position: Oppose |
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Question 9:
Protecting a parent's right to
seek professional counseling for
their minor child with same-sex
attraction or gender identity
issues to help them reach their
desired outcome.* |
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Position: Support |
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Question 11:
Protecting individuals and
businesses from being required
to provide services or use their
artistic expression in a manner
that violates their moral or
religious beliefs.** |
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Candidates' Position:
Support. |
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*
This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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**Discriminatory
"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Arizona ALEC Politicians - SourceWatch |
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Sep. 21, 2018 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2018
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-16 |
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4: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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9: Protecting a parent’s right to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same– sex attraction or gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome.* |
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Position: Support. |
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This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2016 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative LD-16 |
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Question
4:
Adding "sexual orientation,"
"gender identity," or "gender
expression" to the protected
classes of race, religion, age,
sex, and ancestry in
nondiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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Question
6:
Prohibiting government from
discriminating against an
individual, organization, or
small business based on their
beliefs about marriage.* |
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Candidates'
Position:
Support. |
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Question
10:
Implementing policies to allow
students and faculty to use the
restroom, locker room, and
shower room that aligns with
their gender identity. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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John Fillmore: The Perpetual Candidate |
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Oct. 21, 2015 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2014
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-16 |
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9: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Support |
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11: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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15: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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Position: Support |
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PLEASE NOTE:
A "Yes" vote would
allow ranch dogs to
be neglected or
abandoned, killed
and tortured. It
would allow the owner of a ranch dog
to inflict
unnecessary injury
to the animal and
not provide medical
attention. |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2012
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate
LD-16 |
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9: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Support |
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11: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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15: Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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Position: Support |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2010 Survey
Questions For
Arizona And County
Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State Representative
LD-23 |
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9: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Support |
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12: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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15: Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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Position: Support |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2008 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State Representative LD-23 |
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Question
7:
Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Support. |
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Question
8:
. Adding “sexual orientation” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2006 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State Representative LD-23 |
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Question
7:
Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Support. |
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Question
8:
. Adding “sexual orientation” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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