Friday, August 26, 2022

Ducey's packed AZ Supreme Court (surprise!) condemns Free and Fair Elections ballot initiative

As expected, the AZ Supes protected Big Business at the expense of letting the people of Arizona make decisions.

From the AZ Mirror, written by Gloria Rebecca Gomez -

Whiplash: Free and Fair Elections Act won’t be on the ballot after last-minute math changes

A ballot initiative to reform elections and campaign finance laws was barred from the November ballot on Friday afternoon by the Arizona Supreme Court after a week of legal activity that saw the measure’s fate reversed.

When the dust settled, the Arizona Free and Fair Elections Act, which sought to make sweeping changes to Arizona’s election and campaign finance laws, fell just 1,458 signatures short of qualifying for the November ballot.

The underlying Maricopa County Superior Court case is here.


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