Voters, if they have not already, have 13 days to sign petitions to get the Second Chance and Invest in Ed initiatives
The Second Chance Initiative, if passed this November, would enable nonviolent prisoners to earn release credits towards leaving prison after serving 50 percent of their sentences, provide for sentencing reform for nonviolent offenders, and “establish a fund for victims of violent crime.”
The Invest in Ed initiative, if successful, would “generate about $940 million in additional funding for the state’s schools by charging a three-point five percent income tax surcharge on the families making $500,000 a year or individuals making $250,000.”
Help is needed to get the estimated 25,000 signatures needed for both initiatives to make the November Ballot.
According to Eric Chalmers of Strategies 360:
“We need volunteers to:
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- Staff drive-throughs
- Gather signatures independently
- Promotional support via social media
- Phone banking and text banking
- Find a location to sign here
- Volunteers can sign up here!
”All of the petition signing sites will adhere to CDC safety guidelines.
Details on the locations and hours of the signature stations can be found HERE.
To make things easy, HERE is a link to draft social posts and graphics if you want to organize your own petition collection effort.
Non-Violent Prisoners do not deserve to needlessly rot in prison. It is better to transition them to return as productive members of society. The Second Chances Initiative will help accomplish that.
Arizona public schools desperately need funds to attract high-quality instructors, and school leaders, address the teacher shortage and provide innovative college and career ready programs for children. The Invest in Ed initiative will help provide a solution to remedy the funding shortfall Arizona schools have endured since 2008.
Please go out and help get these needed measures on the November ballot by July 2, 2020.
This is your chance to make Arizona better for this generation and the next.
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Perhaps these groups should join the Outlaw Dirty Money group in asking Ducey and/or the legislators to extend the time to gather signatures for to put on the 2022 election as the virus has made it difficult to impossible to gather the number of signatures especially if one adheres to the safety recommendations in relation to the virus. ODM is asking that the signatures they have already collected count moving forward to count in a continued effort to get the measures on the ballot. (Instead of starting over again.) Probably have not said this well but you can go to the ODM and find out more.