A supporter holds a sign at the announcement of the Invest in Education Act. Photo by Jerod MacDonal-Evoy | Arizona Mirror
The Arizona Supreme Court seems determined to find ways to undermine voter initiatives, particularly ones focused on education funding.
In 2018, they kicked the Invest in Education initiative off of the ballot because the 100-word statement, which is supposed to be a simple summary of the main provisions of the bill, wasn’t specific enough and used the word “percent” instead of “percentage-point.”
As someone who signed that petition and passed it around to others, I know those minor details wouldn’t have meant squat to the folks who signed on. What they wanted to know was how much money the initiative would raise and where the money would be spent.
Those questions were answered.