The Arizona legislature is making a blatant power grab with four ballot measures in 2024.
Protect Arizona's Voice is a coalition effort to safeguard Arizona voters from being misled into giving up their rights.
Would permanently prevent any change or improvement to the current system of voting.
Would prevent the use of Open Primaries or Ranked Choice Voting for partisan offices (Statewide, County, Legislative, Federal).
Would prevent the use of Open Primaries or Ranked Choice Voting for partisan offices (Statewide, County, Legislative, Federal).
Would prevent the use of Open Primaries or Ranked Choice Voting for partisan offices (Statewide, County, Legislative, Federal).
Could force cities to change their election practices.
Confusing language could result in expensive lawsuits that are costly to the taxpayer.
Strips away a right that Arizona citizens have held since 1912.
Effectively makes it impossible for any citizen's initiative to succeed by driving up signature collection costs to the point where no initiative could qualify for the ballot.
Empowers a single rural legislative district to block changes desired by the majority of voters, severely undermining the voices of citizens in Maricopa and Pima Counties.
Permits legal challenges to be filed against a ballot initiative immediately upon submission to the Secretary of State's office, even before signatures are collected.
Enables opponents to derail any citizen initiative by burdening it with crippling legal expenses.
Escalates legal costs in early stages, making citizen-led reforms even less attainable.
Would apply retroactively, overturning the results of the November elections and disregarding the will of the voters.
Would apply retroactively, overturning the results of the November elections and disregarding the will of the voters.
Establishes life terms for state judges.
Eliminates retention elections for state Supreme Court justices and Superior Court judges.
