2024 General Election Ballot Propositions
100 Series
Amendments to the Arizona Constitution
LRCA - Legislative Referred Constitutional Amendment | CICA - Citizen Initiated Constitutional Amendment
Prop 133
Protects Partisan Primary Election System
- Affirms existing primary system remains
- Pre-emptive to Prop 140
- Prohibits jungle primaries
YES
LRCA
Prop 134
Requires Geographic Distribution of Ballot Petition Signatures
- Requires signatures for initiatives to be collected in all 30 legislative districts
- Allows a say for all of AZ, urban & rural
- Signatures required based on total votes for each district from prior gubernatorial race
- Requires the same total amount of signatures as the current system
- 15% for constitutional amendments
- 10% for statutory measures & 5% for referendums
YES
LRCA
Prop 135
Limits Governor’s Emergency Powers
- Allows legislative oversight of governor using emergency powers
- Legislature can alter, terminate, or limit scope of emergency response w/simple majority vote
- Legislature can call special session with 1/3 member’s support if out of session
- (currently requires 2/3 of members)
- Automatically terminates emergency orders after 30 days
- Immediate ability for legislature to act on Day 1
- Restores government checks and balances
YES
LRCA
Prop 136
Allows Constitutionality Challenges of Proposed Ballot Measures
- Allows legislative oversight of governor using emergency powers
- Legislature can alter, terminate, or limit scope of emergency response w/simple majority vote
- Legislature can call special session with 1/3 member’s support if out of session
- (currently requires 2/3 of members)
- Automatically terminates emergency orders after 30 days
- Immediate ability for legislature to act on Day 1
- Restores government checks and balances
YES
LRCA
Prop 137
Limits Judicial Retention Elections
- Judges appear on ballot for retention only if they do not meet the judicial performance standards or convicted of crime.
YES
LRCA
Prop 138
Wage Protection for Tipped Service Workers
- Current statute allows employers to pay tipped wage employees $3 less than minimum
- If after tips = minimum wage
- New statute allows employers to pay tipped wage earners 25% less than minimum wage
- If after tips = minimum wage + $2
- Currently, minimum wage increases each year based on inflationary index
- Constitutional amendment, protects against future raise the wage measures
- Adds protection for restaurant industry
- Trump’s no tax on tips would affect only federal income taxes
YES
LRCA
Prop 139
Abortion Access
Drastically Alters Current AZ Abortion Law
- Removes current 15-week restrictions
- Legalizes late-term abortions up to birth
- Creates a “fundamental right” to abortion
- Government health care coverage would pay for abortions
- Removes restrictions on regulation and oversight of abortion providers
- Replaces “doctor” with “treating healthcare professional”
- Removes parental consent & notification requirement for minors
- Prohibits any new regulations that interfere with an abortion
- See https://www.itgoestoofar.com for additional information
NO
CICA
Prop 140
Single Primary for All Candidates
Requires Single Primary for All Candidates
- All party and nonparty-affiliated candidates appear on a single primary ballot
- Implements CA style election system
- Requires Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) if 3+ candidates on general election ballot
- Makes 15 separate amendments to our Constitution
- Establishes jungle primaries
- Only candidates from one party could be on general election ballot
- Concentrated power allotted to Secretary of State to determine election logistics for each race
- Difficult to audit
NO
CICA
200 Series
Citizen initiatives to create new state laws or amend existing state statute
None this election
300 Series
Referral to the ballot by the Arizona Legislature to create new laws or amend existing state statute
LRSS - Legislative Referred State Statute
Prop 311
Provides Additional First Responder Death Benefit
- Currently Federal Government gives $500k death benefit to family members of those killed or permanently disabled in connection with their public service
- Adds $250k state benefit
- Funded by $20 fee for every criminal penalty imposed by the state
YES
LRSS
Prop 312
Property Owner Protection for Unenforced Ordinances
- Holds cities or counties (in unincorporated areas) accountable for NOT ENFORCING laws & ordinances
- If businesses incur costs due to cities negligence of enforcement of ordinances & laws
- Businesses can request reimbursement for property tax liability for the prior year
- Property tax is only used as reference to establish the cap, county funds are not disrupted
- Reimbursements are deducted from state shared revenues that are distributed out to each municipality
- If permitted by law, you couldn’t seek a refund under Prop 312 for someone exercising those rights i.e. 2nd amendment rights are allowed under the law
- References ordinances related to homelessness, such as public camping, drug use, loitering
- Can be rolled over for 10 years to recoup costs incurred by businesses
YES
LRSS
Prop 313
Increases Penalties for Sex Trafficking
- Increase penalty for a person convicted of class 2 felony for child sex trafficking
- Mandatory life sentence without eligibility for parole
YES
LRSS
Prop 314
Provides State Law Enforcement for Unlawful Border Entry
- Allows state law enforcement to apprehend persons who enter the state outside a legal port of entry
- Violator given option of self-deportation or detainment
- Paid for with Legislature approved border enforcement funds
- Law enforcement allocation of funds
YES
LRSS
Prop 315
Creates Legislative Oversight of Agency Regulations
- Requires legislative ratification of any regulation adopted by an agency that costs more than $500k
- Agency regulation not Implemented if unapproved by legislature
YES
LRSS
400 Series
Local Ballot Measures
Maricopa County
Prop 479
Transportation Sales Tax Extension
- Extends current ½ cent Sales Tax for 20 years
- Funds $64bn transportation plan
- 5 % allocated to freeways & highways
- 5 % to arterial roads & regional transportation infrastructure
- 37% to public transit
NO
LRSS
Prop 486
Maricopa County Community College’s Budgeting
- Adjusts Expenditure Limit Baseline
- Current limit set in 1980
- Variance requires legislative approval
- Not a Tax or Rate Increase
YES
(toss up)
City of Buckeye
Prop 494
Public Facility Funding
- $137mm General Obligation Bond
- Public Safety Headquarters
- Training Facilities
- Westpark & Victory Fire Stations
NO
Prop 495
Streets & Transportation Funding
- $145mm General Obligation Bond
- Widen Indian School Rd from Jackrabbit to Perryville
- Eliminate pinch-points throughout Buckeye
- Lighting along parts of Sun Valley Parkway
NO
Prop 494 & 495
(Combined)
- Both bonds are funded through a secondary property tax.
- The total tax rate if both propositions pass will not exceed $2.25
- Buckeye’s current primary property tax rate is $1.60.
- New secondary rate = $0.65
- (40.625% rate increase)
NO