The Arizona Supreme Court ruled against a Trump-aligned law firm that wanted to force the Democratic secretary of state to rewrite a ballot description of a proposed constitutional amendment that makes sweeping changes to how elections are conducted. In a split decision, the majority of the justices agreed with the trial court that the three […]

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican-backed ballot referral that would amend the state’s constitution to make sweeping changes to how elections are conducted can remain on the November ballot.  Critics had argued that Proposition 144, also known as the “Fast Accurate Secure Transparent Election Results Act,” violated a provision in the Arizona […]

The Republican-led ballot referral designed to block any effort to regulate the state’s private school voucher system is officially dead, after the Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that it violates the state Constitution.  Proposition 145 would have forbidden any voucher money from being taken from military families. But a hidden clause extended that prohibition […]

The Arizona Supreme Court shot down a request from Republican lawmakers to preserve their summary of the voucher-regulating Protect Education Act in a voter education pamphlet, ruling that the description violates state law because it tries to sway voters against the initiative.  The Protect Education Act, which will be on November’s ballots as Proposition 212, […]