Arizona Republicans set up a ballot measure to squash future ballot measures

[RandySF]

The GOP is now pushing a separate constitutional amendment that would multiply those hurdles, and make future citizen-led initiatives prohibitively difficult.

Republican lawmakers have placed a measure on the November ballot that would severely restrict direct democracy in Arizona by imposing strict geographic requirements on where organizers must gather signatures. Arizonans will vote on it this fall, likely alongside the abortion measure.

Penich warns that the amendment would make organizing like hers tougher going forward. “This is an effort to make it harder for regular people to engage in the process,” she told Bolts.

Right now, petitioners need to pass just one statewide test to qualify a measure: They need to gather more signatures than a minimum number defined in the state constitution, regardless of where the signatures come from. (The threshold is 10 or 15 percent of all votes cast in the most recent governor’s race, depending on whether the proposal would amend the constitution.)




https://azmirror.com/2024/05/21/arizona-republicans-set-up-a-ballot-measure-to-squash-future-ballot-measures/

[Renew Deal]

1. I doubt voters will be willing to give up their power

But who knows

[marble falls]

2. Do as we say, not as we do, dammit.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I wouldn't expect less from these huns.