[bctt tweet=”Please tune in for the 2nd annual “AZ Democracy Never Sleeps Telethon” begins on March 26 at 4pm, to support and pledge to circulate and sign these citizens’ petitions for the November 2022 ballot. Visit AZDemocracyNeverSleeps.com today!” username=”BlogForArizona”]
Activists from across the state, including Phoenix anchor-host Paul Weich (www.ArizonasLaw.org), Tucson host Michael Bryan (www.BlogForArizona.net), and Tucson host Larry Bodine (www.TheDGT.org), will hold a 24-hour telethon to aid three grassroots petition gathering campaigns:
- Stop Dark Money (www.stopdarkmoney.com)
- Healthcare Rising (www.healthcarerisingaz.org)
- Arizona Deserves Better (www.azdeservesbetter.com)
We will be internet-casting statewide on AZDemocracyNeverSleeps.com, Zoom, and Facebook Live. You can sign up with Mobilize.us to take action on these citizens’ petitions this weekend. We will have anchors in Phoenix and Tucson locations, with remotes from around AZ. We will be talking to elected officials and candidates, doing in-depth interviews with activists, providing live entertainment and recorded video segments, and taking pledges to circulate petitions in order to encourage and publicize grassroots citizen legislation and voter registration.
WHEN:
Beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 26
Ending at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, March 27
WHERE:
Goddard Law Offices (Stop Dark Money headquarters)
502 W. Roosevelt, Phoenix
Brother John’s Beer, Bourbon and BBQ (Saturday 4-7pm & Sunday 11am – 4pm)
1801 North Stone Avenue, Tucson
Stop by either of our locations to sign initiatives, pick up petitions for circulation, donate to the petition campaigns, and appear on the telethon!
WHY:
The statutory deadline is July 7th for citizen’s initiatives. We aim to support the citizen-led efforts to gather enough signatures to qualify the initiatives of our three partner campaigns for the 2022 ballot, which will:
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Stop anonymized political contributions to fund political campaigns.
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Help Arizonans by protecting more assets from being sold to pay off debt collectors, and limiting outrageous interest rates that trap families in an unending cycle of debt.
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Strike down barriers to voting for all AZ citizens, make the permanent early voting list (PEVL) permanent again, reduce the influence of money on elections, and bar legislators from overriding election results.
Learn more about Stop Dark Money on the BlogForArizona podcast with Terry Goddard:
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