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[caption id="attachment_48102" align="alignleft" width="450" caption="Boxes of initiative petitions for the Open Government/Open Elections ballot initiative are turned into the Secretary of State's office July 5. (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol...
Brewer, Arizona Chamber pan sales tax initiative
A ballot initiative to increase the state’s sales tax to fund education and construction jobs took two blows today when Gov. Jan Brewer and one of the state’s largest business...
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Businessman spends $1.2 million to put nullification measure on ballot
A Scottsdale businessman has already spent $1.2 million and even mortgaged his house to put a measure on the ballot that he says would allow Arizona to nullify any federal...
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‘Top-two’ primary campaign submits signatures
[caption id="attachment_47966" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, with his back to the camera, speaks with the media in front of the 365,486 signature petitions his group, the Open...
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Backers of Ariz. primary change to file petitions
Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment to change how Arizona conducts its primary elections plan Tuesday to file petitions to qualify the measure for the November ballot. If approved...
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Tax group president heads ballot campaign to cap property values
Arizona ballot measure set business equipment tax
Arizona voters will decide in November whether to give businesses a break on property tax paid on newly acquired business equipment. Unanimously House approval of a resolution on Monday completes...
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Senate gives initial OK to fall ballot measures
The Arizona Senate has given preliminary approval to a states’ rights measure and another possible referendum being considered for placement on the state’s November general election. One is a proposed...
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Poll says Arizonans support extension of Prop. 100 education tax
A coalition of education and business groups is hoping to have a proposed ballot measure drafted by the end of the month after polling showed the majority of Arizonans would...
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Barrett: Ballot measure may take new direction to fund education excellence
BASIS Schools President Craig Barrett said a proposed ballot measure he’s working on may be shifting away from general education funding and toward a system that gives excelling schools more...
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Judge tosses Clean Elections ballot measure
Senate approves bill to dump clean elections
Critics of Arizona’s system of providing candidates with public funds inched closer to their goal of dismantling it on Monday, when the Senate approved a ballot measure to repeal the...
