ballot initiatives

In addition to national, state and local elections, Arizona voters have a lengthy list of at least 14 ballot propositions to vote on in this year's general election.

Voters will decide in the November election whether Yavapai County can increase the base expenditure limitation by $7.9 million.

The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that voters will decide the rezoning of land for the planned construction of a new hospital in Flagstaff. Northern Arizona Healthcare had appealed an earlier court decision regarding what they considered misleading language in a rezoning referendum petition.

Three proposals seeking to overhaul how citizens get initiatives onto the ballot have been met with mixed results – one was overwhelmingly defeated, while the other two are ahead.

Among the winners was a measure that limits the interest on medical debt.

Arizona voters who began mailing in their ballots after simply signing and dating the envelope in recent weeks might be doing so for the final time with that process.

Supporters say Proposition 129 would make the process more accessible for voters as it would simplify what could otherwise be complicated, multifaceted issues. However, critics see it as another attempt to increase the Legislature’s power at the expense of voters this fall.

Fire officials say the proposition on the November ballot could help improve response times in fire districts across Arizona.

An Arizona judge who ruled that a voter initiative rolling back Republican-backed election law changes and expanding voting access qualified for the ballot has revised his decision.

Proponents of three voter initiatives who each turned in hundreds of thousands of signatures last month to qualify them for the November ballot are trying to beat back legal challenges that could prevent them from going before voters in November.