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Thu Aug 20, 2020, 09:10 AM Aug 2020

Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling Tossing Invest in Ed Prop off November Ballot

The Arizona Supreme Court will allow the Invest in Education initiative to appear on the November 2020 ballot after it was previously tossed out by a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge, who ruled its petition summary was “fraudulent or substantially confusing to Arizona voters."

The initiative proposes a 3.5 percent surcharge in state income tax on Arizona’s wealthiest residents—individuals earning more than $250,000 per year or couples earning more than $500,000 per year.


The measure could potentially raise about $940 million in tax revenue per year for the benefit of Arizona public schools and their stakeholders and would affect only the top 1 percent of Arizona earners, according to the Invest in Ed campaign.


Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury made the ruling to toss the initiative last month, saying that their 100-word description on petitions signed by voters didn’t include key components of what the initiative would actually do.


https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2020/08/19/arizona-supreme-court-reverses-lower-court-ruling-tossing-invest-in-ed-prop-off-november-ballot
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