Several propositions asked us to vote our own rights away.

1. © Civic Engagement Beyond Voting 2023

2. The Propositions

3. ● Lets the legislature rewrite or repeal voter-enacted laws with a
simple majority if a court says they’re illegal or unconstitutional
● Nearly all harmful state laws pass with a simple majority
● The Voter Protection Act stands in the way — as it’s intended to
● "Court-packing" and judicial corruption: anti-citizen judges
invalidate voter-approved measures
on tenuous technicalities
● Don’t be fooled into voting your own rights away!
Prop 128 (voter protection act; court
determinations)
FAILED

4. Prop 129 (initiatives; single subject;
title)
● Asks voters to limit our future initiatives to what a court determines
is a “single subject”
● This legal term means a single section of law, not a single topic
● Would have voided Arizona’s 2016 voter-approved minimum
wage increase initiative
● The goal: to make it as tough as possible for voters to cut out
corrupt lawmakers and create policies they and
their pals don’t like
● Don’t be fooled into voting your own rights away!
PASSED

5. ● Gives the legislature more power to decide who gets
property tax exemptions
● Not a tax cut, a tax shift: will force local governments to
either raise our taxes or cut spending (services)
● Carving holes in the state tax code for special interests
negatively impacts everything that's not a special
interest (roads, public education, etc)
Prop 130 (constitutional property tax
exemptions)
…because our tax code
isn't a game of Jenga
PASSED

6. ● Voters have repeatedly rejected this idea
● Benefits the party in power
● Creates a new government position ripe for cronyism and
corruption
● What's the need?
Prop 131 (lieutenant governor; joint
ticket)
PASSED

7. Prop 132 (initiatives; supermajority
vote; requirement)
● Requires any ballot measure that includes a tax element to get
supermajority voter approval (60% threshold) in order to pass
● 60% threshold would have stopped
○ 1982's “motor voter” law
○ 2006's ban on smoking indoors
○ 2016's minimum wage increase
○ 2020's funding for public schools
● These all started as bills which lawmakers refused to pass
● The Constitution stands in the way — as it’s intended to
● Gives lawmakers who don’t listen to voters even more power
● Don’t be fooled into voting your own rights away!
PASSED

8. Prop 209 (Predatory Debt Collection
Protection Act)
● 40% of US adults carry health care debt; 67% of US
personal bankruptcies are driven by medical bills
● Stops debt collectors from taking everything people
have
● Ends the cycle of spiraling and exorbitant interest
● No one should be forced to declare bankruptcy or lose
their home just because they needed medical
treatment
● Allowing people to keep some resources ensures they
will be able to pay their debts back
PASSED

9. ● Requires public disclosure of the true source of all
donations of $5,000+ for or against any candidate or
ballot measure
● Will discourage the endless opaque and misleading
political ads we see every election cycle
● Knowing who is trying to influence our votes will help
voters make informed decisions
Prop 211 (Voters' Right to Know Act /
Stop Dark Money)
PASSED

10. Prop 308 (tuition; postsecondary
education)
● Lets AZ resident kids pay in-state college
tuition regardless of immigration status
● Current in-state tuition is set artificially high
● Why push them out of state just as they're
about to become productive members of
society?
● Voters approved this (at the height of anti-
immigrant sentiment), so it must also be
undone by voters
PASSED

11. Prop 309 (voter identification; affidavit;
procedure)
● Adds new ID restrictions for early ballots and in-person voting
● More personally identifying info on by-mail yellow envelopes
● In-person voters: state-issued photo ID, no exceptions (eliminates
the current two-document alternative)
● Current program is secure, used by over 80% of Arizona voters
● Creates more ways for ballots to be rejected, disenfranchising
voters (as happened in Texas)
● Pushed by the MAGA Republican lie that Democrats rigged the
2020 election with millions of additional mail-in ballots
FAILED

12. Prop 310 (fire districts; funding; TPT
increment)
● Emergency medical systems in urban AZ areas have up-to-
date equipment, staff, and training
● Great Recession drop in property tax collections forced rural
fire districts to freeze pay, cut trucks and personnel
● Tourists currently don’t pay any share of local emergency
services
● 0.1% statewide sales tax supplement (an extra dime on a
$100 purchase)
● In the interest of public health — could save your own life
someday
FAILED

13. Thank you!
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