Ballot Measures
Arizona court says ballot measure complied with rule
The state Supreme Court says parts of a proposal to transform Arizona's primary election system fit together as one proposal and didn't have to be kept off the November ballot.

BALLOT MEASURE NEWS

Finance reports hint at high profile ballot prop losses

Two well-funded ballot initiatives went down in defeat last month, but as their final finance reports showed, their campaign coffers had perhaps foreshadowed the elections’ outcome.
- Court: Prop 204 clerical error didn’t confuse voters

- Prop. 116, business property tax measure, loses by double digits

- Prop 118 down by a hair

- Eighth try a charm for Proposition 119

- Prop 114 overwhelmingly approved

- State sovereignty proposal loses

- Judicial selection overhaul proposition losing in early returns

- Prop.117 property tax gets voters’ nod

- Voters overwhelmingly reject Prop. 121, ‘top-two’ primary initiative

- Prop 204 fails

- CA unveils AZ group’s financing, says it committed money laundering

- Pro-204 leader slams anonymous donations against effort
- “Yes” and “No” campaigns on Prop 204 collect nearly $2M in October

- Court: Prop 204 clerical error didn’t confuse voters
2012 ARIZONA BALLOT MEASURES
PROPOSITION 114
Crime victims; protection from liability
PROPOSITION 115
Judicial selection; procedure
PROPOSITION 116
Personal property tax exemption amount
PROPOSITION 117
Property tax assessed valuation; limitation
PROPOSITION 118
Permanent state land fund; distribution
PROPOSITION 119
Military preservation; land exchanges
PROPOSITION 120
State Sovereignty
PROPOSITION 121
Open Election/Open Government Act
PROPOSITION 204
Quality Education and Jobs Act
OTHER ELECTION 2012 NEWS
- Arizona regulator won’t seek re-election
- Advocacy groups’ poll indicates most voters oppose early ballot bill

- Horne vs. Montgomery — the fight over the fight

- Ballot access getting easier for candidates, harder for initiatives

- Despite changes to election reform bills, Democrats, Hispanics still opposed

- Arizona ranks low in election performance

- Democrats, Republicans find good news in Corporation Commission races
- Immigration activist joins US Rep. Sinema’s staff
- Arizona court says ballot measure complied with rule
- Legislative candidates find success switching from ‘clean’ to traditional

- Support for Sheriff Arpaio declines even in some GOP strongholds
- Bennett to testify before Congress on voting rights
- Vandalism, intimidation and cyber threats plagued Maricopa Elections Department during vote counting

- Finance reports hint at high profile ballot prop losses


Arizona immigration activists lobby Rep. Salmon
Immigration proponents want to persuade Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon to back proposed legislation that would create a 13-year road to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living illegally in the United States.


