Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution.
The Arizona secretary of state’s office said Monday that it had certified 577,971 signatures — far above the required number that the coalition supporting the ballot measure had to submit in order to put the question before voters.
The coalition, Arizona for Abortion Access, said it is the most signatures validated for a citizens initiative in state history.
I used to maintain a list of every time the Republicans of Arizona attempted to stop voter initiatives after they’d been successfully passed.
Tried to stop legalizing medical marijuana by suing
Tried to stop the creation of an independent commission for drawing districts by suing. They’ve taken the commission to court on at least five separate occasions and lost (using taxpayer money of course)
Initiative to pay teachers more was dismantled and never took place
That’s just the top of my head. They also famously made voter initiatives harder to pass. But people still vote for them