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2016 Ballot Measures

Aug 31, 2016

State Supreme Court clears marijuana initiative for ballot

Arizona voters will get to decide if they want to be able to use marijuana just to get “high.”

Aug 31, 2016

Judge rules pot ballot language ‘clearly misleading’

A trial judge today ordered a change in how Secretary of State Michele Reagan is describing to voters the effects of a measure to legalize marijuana.

Aug 30, 2016

Marijuana advocates claim misstatements of fact for ballot measure

Supporters of legalized marijuana go to court on Wednesday to argue that Secretary of State Michele Reagan is lying to voters about what the measure would do.

Aug 30, 2016

Minimum wage measure cleared for November ballot

Arizonans will get to decide in November whether to hike the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020.

Aug 29, 2016

Advocates of minimum wage hike raise more than $1.4 million

Proponents of hiking the state's minimum wage have already collected more than $1.4 million to put the issue on the November ballot and convince voters to support it.

Aug 29, 2016

Arizona Supreme Court to rule on 2 initiatives this week

The Arizona Supreme Court is expected to decide this week whether two voter initiatives make the November ballot.

Aug 24, 2016

Solar group reneges on outside spending pledge for Corp Comm race

Despite an earlier promise to stay out of Arizona Corporation Commission elections, a major solar company is backing the only outside group spending on the 2016 regulators’ race.

Aug 24, 2016

Minimum wage hike foes want state high court to toss measure

Opponents of a voter initiative raising the state's minimum wage from $8.05 to $12 an hour by 2020 on Wednesday asked the Arizona Supreme Court to overrule a trial judge's decision that said they filed their challenge too late.

Aug 19, 2016

Judge tosses out challenge against minimum wage initiative

Foes of an initiative to hike the minimum wage to $12 an hour have no legal right to challenge whether the signatures were gathered by people who were not qualified, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joshua Rogers ruled today.

Aug 19, 2016

Judge throws out challenge to legal marijuana initiative

A judge has thrown out a bid to keep voters from deciding whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

Aug 16, 2016

Minimum wage measure faces new obstacle

A bid to get a public vote to hike the state’s minimum wage is now facing a new hurdle.

Aug 15, 2016

Backers of hospital exec pay cap initiative dropping effort

Arizonans will not get to decide in November whether to cap the pay of hospital executives.

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