Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick is up for retention this November, but records suggest he may not be planning on another term on the bench.
Voters will be asked to weigh in on laws that would make school board races partisan, end term limits for judges, and lower the minimum wage for tipped workers, among other things.
Delaney Heileman uses birth control to treat her endometriosis. Meanwhile, a local Republican lawmaker suggested that contraceptives are for promiscuous women and should not be protected under law.
Ballot measures can only address a single subject, but the Republican-backed proposal would change court proceedings, the criminal code, labor laws, prison regulations, and public health and safety requirements.
Arizona lawmakers voted Wednesday to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two state Supreme Court justices targeted for removal from the bench over their support for a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War.
The campaign was organized by Vote for Abortion in an attempt to educate voters about the role this year’s elections will play in determining the future of reproductive rights in Arizona.
The measure is expected to immediately face legal challenges, as opponents believe the breadth of the measure goes against a requirement in state law that ballot measures only address a single subject.
The anti-immigration measure has been met with criticism from law enforcement, business owners, faith leaders, immigration rights groups, and Democratic lawmakers.
Failure to address gun violence and support for Arizona’s total abortion ban has put Rogers in Gen Z’s crosshairs.
The Arizona Senate approved a proposed ballot measure that would ask voters in November to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry.
