Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Prop 112: Moving the deadline for initiative petitions up to May 1st from July 1st

I'm 100% supportive, I encourage a YES vote.

What it does
o Change the date, by moving it up two months, for filing citizen initiatives.
o Legislature unanimously referred it to the ballot.
o Failed in 1984 to make it 6 months
o Failed in 2004 to make it 7 months, 31.9% to 68.1%

For
o Gives the necessary time to process and verify such efforts.
o Prior ones were struck down as unverified and there wasn’t enough time to appeal.
o O’Connor house project.
o Tends to make them harder to file, which is good, since we live in a representative democracy, not a direct one.
o Total bipartisan support.
o Supporters
--State Sen. Bob Burns, R-Peoria,
--State Rep. Chad Campbell, D-Phoenix,
--Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
--Arizona Farm Bureau.
--Center for Arizona Policy

Against
o No arguments filed against
o If it ain’t broke? (But it has been broken in the past)

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