Arizona 2008 ballot measures

2008 ballot measures

Ballot Initiative Report, 2008

State-by-state chart

2008 ballot measure lawsuits

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Eight statewide ballot propositions were on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Arizona. Six were citizen-initiated propositions, one was a legislative referral placed on the ballot by the Arizona State Legislature and one, a proposal to raise legislative salaries, was a commission referral.

• Just two of the statewide ballot measures were approved by voters.

• Supporters of nine initiatives filed signatures with the Arizona Secretary of State by the July 3 deadline; four as initiated state statutes and five as initiated constitutional amendments. However, problems with lower-than-normal rates of valid signatures meant that three of the nine did not make the ballot.
• Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer had referred flawed initiative petition sheets to the state's attorney general for a possible criminal investigation.

• Arizona voters in many school districts voted on a school district consolidation question.

• Through 2006, a total of one hundred and ninety-one citizen-initiated ballot propositions had appeared on Arizona's ballot since the beginning of the process in 1912.

• With six initiatives on the 2008 ballot, the historical total of Arizona initiatives through the 2008 elections came to 197.

• See endorsements of Arizona ballot measures

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Proposition 100	Taxes	Block enactment of real estate transfer tax	a
CICA	Proposition 101	Healthcare	Goal: "Prevent socialized medicine"	d
LRCA	Proposition 102	Marriage	Marriage is only between one man and one woman	a
CICA	Proposition 105	I&R	Increase vote needed to approved tax-imposing initiatives	d
CICA	Proposition 200	Business	Regulations on payday loan industry	d
CISS	Proposition 201	Property on the ballot	Minimum 10-year warranty on new homes.	d
CISS	Proposition 202	Immigration	Penalties on businesses that bypass immigration laws	d
CR	Proposition 300	Legislature	Increase state legislative salaries to $30,000	d

Not on the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Prop 103	Environment	Conserve/protect approximately 580,000 acres and regulate the development of communities to preserve nature.
	Prop 104	Affirmative action	Ban government from preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
	Prop 203	Transportation	A $42 billion dollar transit plan.

See also

• 2008 ballot measures
• List of Arizona ballot measures
• Arizona Legislature
• List of ballot measures by state
• Laws governing the initiative process in Arizona

External links

• Arizona Secretary of State, 2008 Ballot Measures

Additional reading

• Propositioning Arizona (timed out), A Review of 2008 Statewide Ballot Measures sponsored by the Arizona Advocacy Network.
• Eleven propositions make it on the November ballot
• Initiatives on the 2008 ballot
• Big money, not citizens, is driving initiatives
• Qualifying problems dog 2008 initiatives
• There's a devil lurking in proposition's details, Robert Robb, Arizona Republic columnist.
• Some thoughts on the propositions on the November 4 ballot, Steve Emerine, editor, Arizona Business.
• Ballot propositions spark lively debates, Prescott Daily Courier.
• Quick Review of Ballot Propositions, Douglas Daily Dispatch.
• Descriptions of Arizona's ballot measures, Associated Press.