Arizona Daily Star
September 4, 2024
Letter: Anti-democracy ballot propositions
I hope all Arizona voters are as fed up with our Legislature as I am. In an effort to stop citizens from passing laws and to lock out independent candidates for office, the Legislature has put several anti-democracy propositions on the November ballot.
Partisan legislators are pushing Proposition 133 in order to enshrine partisan primaries in our state constitution. The current system makes it all but impossible for any independent candidate to get on the ballot, let alone win a seat in the Legislature.
Proposition 134 would raise the requirements on citizen-driven ballot initiatives to the point that they would become impossible to pass.
Proposition 136 would further thwart citizen-driven ballot initiatives by tying them up in court even before they can be put on the ballot.
Voters, including small business owners like me, should reject the Legislature’s anti-democracy efforts to limit the rights of citizens and vote against Propositions 133,134 and 136 this November.
Alison Lueders
Vail