Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-CD3) successfully amended the Democrats’ election reform bill this afternoon, to require states to permit voters to drop off early ballots to a polling place on election day. If HR1 was approved by both Houses and signed by the President, it would halt Arizona Republicans’ efforts to end E-Day ballot drop-offs. … Read more
Voters in Arizona have twice rejected ballot measures to create the position of lieutenant governor. In 1994, 65.3 percent of voters rejected Proposition 100, which would have created the position of lieutenant governor and required the joint election of the governor and lieutenant governor. In 2010, 59.2 percent of voters rejected Proposition 111, which would … Read more
The Arizona House Ways and Means Committee is like an extended game of tax giveaway wack-a-mole. I have lost count how many tax giveaway bills Republicans have passed since January. This week, we heard SB1027, which dramatically increases a tax credit that currently benefits only poor children with chronic diseases or physical disabilities. Tax credits … Read more