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Opinions on ballot measures accepted for $75
Got an opinion on abortion? Ranked-choice voting? Border security? For $75, you can share your thoughts with pretty much everyone registered to vote in November.
Senate passes new restrictions on initiative circulators
Republican senators voted Wednesday to impose new requirements on initiative circulators in a way one Democrat said is designed to make it easier for special interests to quash future ballot measures.
High voter turnout makes direct democracy more difficult
That record number of Arizonans who turned out to vote this year has a dark side for direct democracy: It's going to be harder for voters to propose their own laws or get rid of ones they don't like.
State’s attorney: Initiative law challengers’ claims are ‘not genuine’
Attorneys for the state are trying to block challengers to newly enacted initiative restrictions from telling their story to a judge. The lawyers contend that the claims of those who contend the new law will harm future petition efforts are "fanciful and not genuine.''
Lawsuit filed to strike initiative restriction law
Claiming lawmakers acted illegally, a newly organized group is asking a judge to void a key change in laws governing the right of voters to enact their own laws.
Redistricting panel urges US Supreme Court to reject challenge from state lawmakers
A bid by state lawmakers to take back the power to draw congressional lines is legally flawed and should be rejected, the lead attorney for the Independent Redistricting Commission told the nation’s high court.
No citizen initiatives will make ballot for first time since 1978
For the first time in more than three decades, Arizona voters are not going to get a chance to make their own laws.
Ballot reconsideration measure advances
A measure asking voters every eight years to reconsider ballot measures that require spending money was approved March 5 by the House of Representatives.
Brewer signs election overhaul bill
Gov. Jan Brewer signed a far-reaching elections bill that will help weed inactive voters from the Permanent Early Voter List, prohibit political organizations from collecting early ballots en masse and impose stricter legal standards on citizen initiatives.
Ballot access getting easier for candidates, harder for initiatives
Candidates for office in Arizona have never had an easier time getting on the ballot, but lawmakers are looking to raise the bar for citizen initiatives, referendums and recalls.
