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Lawmakers throwing up more obstacles for voter initiatives
Republican lawmakers are poised to advance yet another salvo aimed at the initiative process, one that would put even more dampers than already enacted on the right of Arizonans to propose their own laws
Voter initiatives must be error free under new GOP bill
Not content to make gathering signatures more difficult, Republican lawmakers are now moving to impose new procedural requirements on voters who want to propose their own laws.
House sends initiative signatures bill to Ducey
Legislation banning voter initiative backers from paying petition circulators for each signature they gather is on its way to Gov. Doug Ducey's desk.
Petition measure sparks heated debate over future of citizens’ initiatives
When Republican Rep. Vince Leach proposed a bill to ban paying petition circulators for citizens’ initiatives on a per-signature basis, Democrats were collectively outraged and denounced the bill as an “attack on democracy.”
GOP lawmakers advance attacks on citizen initiatives
Republican lawmakers agreed Wednesday to ask voters to throw another hurdle in the path of their ability to write their own laws.
House approves crackdown on citizen initiatives
The Arizona House late Thursday night approved a package of measures that would make it harder for citizens to propose their own laws via the initiative process, and make it easier for lawmakers to repeal or change those voter-approved laws.
House passes legislation that critics call assault on the initiative process
The Arizona House of Representatives late Thursday approved a measure designed to make it more difficult to get initiatives on the ballot by limiting the use of paid circulators.
Business groups aim to keep pay measures off ballot
Two statewide business groups are trying to keep voters from deciding whether $12 an hour is too much for workers and $216 an hour is too little for hospital executives.
Senate committee votes to overturn Voter Protection Act
A Senate panel voted Tuesday to ask voters to give up some of their rights to enact -- and, more to the point, preserve -- their own laws.
Ragtag Army: Life getting harder for paid petition circulators
He has been chased from two shopping centers already, and if Steve Martin is kicked out of this one, he won’t earn any money today. It didn’t used to be so difficult for professional petition circulators like Martin, but changes to state law and business policies have made life harder for them.
Arizona finishes 12th in national ranking on energy-efficiency policies
WASHINGTON – Arizona is the 12th-most energy-efficient state in the nation this year, the same position the state held last year, according to rankings released Wednesday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Arizona Secretary of State to hold election town halls
Secretary of State Ken Bennett plans to hold 25 town halls around Arizona during October for voters to learn about initiatives and referendums appearing on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
