ballot initiative
Posted Sep 17, 2020, 12:41 pm
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
Majorities of Arizona voters say they support ballot measures that would legalize marijuana and tax the wealthy to increase funding for schools and raise teacher salaries, according to a new poll.... Read more»
Posted Sep 7, 2020, 2:04 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona voters are allowed to electronically sign petitions to get their favored candidates on the ballot, but the Arizona Supreme Court said Friday that the only way for voters to do the same for proposed ballot measures is to change the state constitution.... Read more»
Posted Aug 19, 2020, 4:55 pm
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that voters in November will get the chance to decide whether to tax wealthy Arizonans to provide more funding to public schools, overturning a lower court that earlier tossed the Invest in Education Act after concluding that organizers crafted a misleading summary of the measure.... Read more»
Posted Aug 3, 2020, 12:37 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
For the second time in as many election cycles, a judge has barred from the ballot a citizen initiative that seeks to increase funding for K-12 education by hiking income taxes for higher earning Arizonans, ruling that the campaign omitted critical information from a brief description on the petitions they circulated.... Read more»
Posted Jun 3, 2020, 3:25 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
If a proposed citizen initiative to legalize recreational marijuana makes it onto the ballot, it appears likely to cruise to an easy victory, according to a new poll that showed overwhelming support across party lines.... Read more»