Michael Bryan 
SOSAZ weekly education report dropped today: An urgent matter before the AZ Leg now is the attempt by the AZGOP to expand privatization of our educational dollars via a massive expansion of vouchers, a policy roundly rejected by AZ voters in Prop 305: In the Senate, SB1657 (an all-but-universal expansion) and SB1707 (which makes Gov. Ducey’s voucher … Read more
As you can see from the countdown clock on our homepage, the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) has to be waived this week or our public school children will be punished with a senseless and draconian cut of over a billion dollars. Civic Engagement Beyond Voting is on the case in this week’s legislative update: The … Read more
If we thought 2020 was an important election, the stakes are even higher now. The 2022 midterm elections are critical because our democracy is on the line. Republicans who sought to overturn the 2020 election results are running for offices up and down the ballot. No Republican should be elected to office who believes in … Read more
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick has recused himself from further participation in the swirling appeals involving last year’s election “audit”. Bolick participated in the four previous actions related to the “audit” (and previous cases related to the 2020 elections), but just discovered on Tuesday that his wife – State Rep. Shawnna Bolick – received … Read more
There is one bill to reform elections procedures in the Arizona Legislature that might be able to find bipartisan support amid this highly partisan flurry of election bills before the AZLeg: HB 2023. Unlike some of the extreme bill pending that seek to radically restructure elections or compromise the secrecy of our ballots in the … Read more