Here is how you can tell that Proposition 140, the Make Elections Fair Arizona Act, is a great idea.
The Arizona Republican Party opposes it. So does the Arizona Democratic Party.
Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, one of the most conservative members of Congress, opposes it. So does Rep. Analise Ortiz, one of the Legislature’s most progressive members.
MAGA’s Abe Hamadeh and Turning Point Action oppose it. So does Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, a diehard Democrat.
Fake electors Nancy Cottle and state Sen. Jake Hoffman think it’s a terrible idea.
So does Republican state Rep. Alex Kolodin, who claims “Prop 140 will ban precinct committeeman elections.”
Proposition 140 would not ban precinct committee elections. It simply would require that the two parties pay for their own intraparty elections rather than expecting all Arizona voters to foot the bill.
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club — the conservative group that ran Arizona Public Service’s “dark money” campaign to stack the Arizona Corporation Commission a decade ago — opposes Proposition 140, calling it “confusing” and “undemocratic.”
“Prop. 140 puts all power into the hands of just one politician, the secretary of state, to decide how many candidates appear on the general election ballot for every race,” Scot Mussi, president of the Free Enterprise Club, warned in the state publicity pamphlet mailed to all voters.
Actually, Proposition 140 puts that power in the hands of the Arizona Legislature. If the Legislature declines to do so by Nov. 1, 2025, it then would fall to Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.
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