How many times does the state constitution need to say that only citizens can vote?
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/prop-144s-deception-unanswered-questions
Category Archives: Ballot Measures
Let voters decide about an early ballot cutoff
The trade-off between the speed of knowing the outcome and the convenience of dropping off an early ballot is appropriate to submit to the entire body politic.
The hard and wrong Prop. 123 renewal
GOP legislators support only half of the school choice equation.
Props 315 and 135 take the legislative role too far
A legislative veto on regulations and emergency declarations would be compatible with the separation of powers principle. Requiring legislative approval for core executive branch functions isn’t.
Prop. 140: A flawed but necessary reform
An open primary fits and serves today’s electorate. Prop. 133, the MAGA Legislature’s competing measure, is either meaningless or pernicious.
Prop. 314: Much Ado about Nothing Much
The ballot measure has managed to stir up all the unhelpful emotions about immigration policy on both sides while doing virtually nothing substantive.
Yes on Bolick and King, No on Prop. 137
The anti-retention campaign illustrates the threat retention elections pose to an independent judiciary, but Prop. 137 has too many flaws to be an acceptable alternative.
Is immigration the Arizona GOP’s last hurrah?
HCR 2060 is best thought of as a political Hail Mary pass. Substantively, it doesn’t amount to much.
Prop. 309’s biggest problem: Voter Protection Act
The details of voting procedures, including verifying ballots, shouldn’t be beyond the legislature’s ability to reform, repair, or refine.
Prop. 208 drafters have themselves to blame for its legal demise
The attempt at dodging a constitutional spending limit was the original sin.