Post by Logan on Feb 14, 2017 19:10:20 GMT -6
Do Arizona lawmakers want to stop residents from passing laws?
Arizona's initiative process brought the state the Voter Protection Act, designed to stop lawmakers from gutting citizen-approved laws.
Now, lawmakers want voters to roll that back, and curb the initiative process itself.
On Thursday, they took the first steps toward what Republicans call reforms and Democrats label citizen suppression as three bills passed in committee votes. Next week, two more bills that would impose additional limits on the ability of citizens to put an issue on the ballot are up for debate.
"I think the direct citizen initiative scares them to death," political consultant Nathan Sproul said of lawmakers. His firm, Lincoln Strategies, runs ballot-measure campaigns.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2017/02/10/wake-minimum-wage-vote-arizona-lawmakers-look-limit-ballot-initiatives/97581064/
Arizona's initiative process brought the state the Voter Protection Act, designed to stop lawmakers from gutting citizen-approved laws.
Now, lawmakers want voters to roll that back, and curb the initiative process itself.
On Thursday, they took the first steps toward what Republicans call reforms and Democrats label citizen suppression as three bills passed in committee votes. Next week, two more bills that would impose additional limits on the ability of citizens to put an issue on the ballot are up for debate.
"I think the direct citizen initiative scares them to death," political consultant Nathan Sproul said of lawmakers. His firm, Lincoln Strategies, runs ballot-measure campaigns.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2017/02/10/wake-minimum-wage-vote-arizona-lawmakers-look-limit-ballot-initiatives/97581064/