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Arizona Free Enterprise Club

Ballot Measure
Sep 5, 2024

Ballot measure targets citizen initiatives prior to election

A ballot measure crafted to allow legal challenges to the constitutionality of voter initiatives before placement on the ballot is poised to upend decades of case law if approved in […]

trial, first-degree murder, child abuse
Mar 1, 2024

2 nonprofits lose bid to hide donors during political campaigns

A judge has rebuffed yet another attempt by two special interest groups to hide the names of their donors from the public despite a 2022 voter-approved law requiring their publication.

Sep 6, 2023

Arizona judge rules common practice of validating ballot signatures illegal

A practice used by some, if not all, Arizona counties to verify signatures on early ballots may be illegal.

Proposition 400, Maricopa County, light rail
Aug 1, 2023

Hobbs signs legislation to let voters decide whether to extend transportation tax

Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation Tuesday to allow Maricopa County voters to decide on extending a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects, setting the stage for the fight to come at the ballot box.

dark money, Proposition 211, Voters' Right to Know Act, lawsuit,
May 1, 2023

Group asks judge to toss conservative advocacy organization’s attempt to kill ‘dark money’ law

The group that convinced voters last year to expose "dark money'' contributions to political campaigns wants a federal judge to toss a bid by a conservative advocacy group to kill the new law.

dark money, Goddard, Proposition 211, Voters Right To Know Act, Arizona Free Enterprise Club, campaigns, elections, public disclosure, Maricopa County Superior Court,
Feb 15, 2023

Group urges judge to block attempts to stop ‘dark money’ law

The group that convinced voters last year to outlaw "dark money'' is asking a judge to block a bid by two special interest groups to keep the law from taking effect. In new legal filings, attorney Chanele Reyes told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy there is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that voters know who is trying to influence elections.

dark money, Proposition 211, election, disclosure, campaigns, Campaign Legal Center, Voters’ Right to Know, Goddard, Act, Symington, Tedesco,
Dec 27, 2022

After overwhelming voter OK, political ‘dark money’ law hailed as model

It could be months before the impact of Proposition 211 is seen in Arizona, but experts are already hailing the new law aimed at exposing “dark money” in politics as a model for the rest of the nation.

fires, Proposition 310, firefighters, Humble, rural fire districts, Arizona Free Enterprise Club
Dec 19, 2022

Fire districts face uncertain funding future after ballot measure’s failure

Voters said “no” to a plan that would have added one-tenth of a penny to the state sales tax to benefit rural fire districts, but firefighters warn that the need – and the threat to public safety – have not gone away.

dark money, Goddard, Proposition 211, Voters Right To Know Act, Arizona Free Enterprise Club, campaigns, elections, public disclosure, Maricopa County Superior Court,
Oct 27, 2022

Proposal to end dark money ‘overwhelming popular’

Recent polls show a strong level of support among Arizona voters across the political spectrum to end “dark money” campaigns.  

ESAs, Save Our Schools Arizona, vouchers, tuition, private schools, public schools, charter schools, ClassWallet, Arizona Auditor General’s Office, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Ducey, Beth Lewis, Arizona School Boards Association, Morning Consult, Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Education Association, Children’s Action Alliance, Toma, Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research,
Sep 9, 2022

Here’s what you should know about ESAs

Arizona is again grappling with the issue of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts and whether voters should decide for themselves if taxpayer money can fund private and home schools for all K-12 students.  

Goddard, dark money, elections, predatory debt, Supreme Court
Aug 26, 2022

Court rules ‘dark money,’ medical debt initiatives will go before voters 

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that two contested initiatives concerning “dark money” and medical debt will go before voters in November even though some petition circulators violated state law – but voters won’t get to weigh in on a third initiative that sought to make a multitude of changes to Arizona election laws. 

dark money, Proposition 211, election, disclosure, campaigns, Campaign Legal Center, Voters’ Right to Know, Goddard, Act, Symington, Tedesco,
Aug 23, 2022

Legal battle over anti-dark money initiative heads to Arizona Supreme Court

The legal battle over the fate of a ballot initiative that aims to increase campaign finance transparency has taken some extraordinary turns in recent days,

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