A Primer For Arizona’s Ballot Propositions. Steve Williamson and Karen McClelland welcome Jim Bruce from Democrats of Rim Country to discuss the propositions on the ballot.
Bruce explains, “All the ones that start with a 1 are amending the Constitution. All the ones that start with a 3, you’re passing a law.” McClelland adds, “Anything that begins with a 4, that’s local.”
While there is some disagreement among Democrats regarding Proposition 140, which calls for open primaries, there is unanimous agreement on the other propositions. For example, Bruce states, “There are a total of, I believe, 14 propositions and all the ones that start with 3 are just a quick ‘no’ and an easy ‘no’ and I don’t think there’s any discussion about that.” There’s also agreement that 133 is a giant ‘NO’.
And, of course, there is unanimous agreement to vote ‘YES’ on 139, the citizens initiative that will enshrine abortion access into the Constitution.
As for the rest, 138, is intentionally written to be confusing. It’s labeled “Tipped Workers Protection Act.” But if it passes, it will cause substantial harm to tipped workers.
Other propositions are transparent attempts by MAGA legislators to end-run the legislative process. Some were bills that failed to carry in the legislature. Others were bills that passed but were vetoed by the Governor. The legislature failed to have enough votes to override the vetoes, so it added them to the ballot.