Republican legislators are moving to throw another roadblock in the path of people to make their own laws.
Read More »Republicans move to make it more challenging for citizens to make own laws
Dems oppose rules limiting record retention, expanding leadership power 
The Arizona Senate and House of Representatives adopted new rules packages on party lines this week that would expand the powers of the House speaker and Senate president and drastically reduce requirements for members to retain records.
Read More »2 ballot measures target citizen initiatives 
Arizona residents could have an impact on the ballot initiative process when they vote for two ballot measures that have been criticized for restricting the power of future citizen initiatives.
Read More »Ducey touts school voucher plan, slams opponents 
Gov. Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers took a victory lap Tuesday over legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted in June giving the state the nation's most expansive voucher system, and he also used the time to attack backers of public schools who are trying to block the measure at the ballot.
Read More »Voters will consider at least eight proposals in November 
Arizona voters will face at least eight -- and likely as many as 11 -- proposals they get to approve or quash in November.
Read More »Bill makes illegal voting practice illegal – again 
Republican lawmakers are asking Gov. Doug Ducey to sign a bill they concede has no practical effect.
Read More »Arizona House sends measure boosting voter ID to ballot 
The Republican-controlled Arizona House on Monday joined the GOP-led state Senate in approving a measure that will ask voters in November to drastically boost identification requirements needed for in-person and mail voting in the battleground state. Arizona already has very ...
Read More »Republican Party asks Supreme Court to nullify early voting 
The Arizona Republican Party is trying to kill the method of voting preferred by more than 80% of state residents. Legal papers filed Friday ask the Arizona Supreme Court to conclude that there is nothing in the state constitution to ...
Read More »Senate moves mail-in voting ID bill to House 
A bill to require ID for early mail-in voting passed the Senate Thursday with only Republican support. Although voting in-person at the polls requires voters to present ID, early mail-in voting does not. A concurrent resolution to change this passed ...
Read More »Senate panel votes to put cameras on voting drop boxes 
Claiming their use is ripe for fraud, Republicans on a Senate panel voted Tuesday to require new security measures on drop boxes now available for people to deposit their early ballots. The 6-4 party-line vote by the Appropriations Committee on ...
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