Diverse Coalition Forms To Combat Prop 140

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A diverse coalition of groups have come out in opposition to the hostile takeover and transformation of Arizona’s elections systems found in Proposition 140, which would impose both rank choice voting and jungle primaries in Arizona.

“Special interest groups should not decide how our elections system operates,” said Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould, the co-chairs on the NO on Prop 140 Committee. “Arizonans on all sides of the aisle agree: this scheme to transform our elections into a system found in California is a bad idea. We oppose re-writing our Constitution and imposing such a radical, convoluted scheme on Arizonans.”

The groups that have indicated opposition to the transformation of Arizona elections are as follows:

If passed by voters, Prop 140 would add 15 new amendments to Arizona’s Constitution that would install a California-style election system in our state. Some of the radical changes in the measure include:

  • Allows one partisan politician, the Arizona Secretary of State, to decide how many candidates qualify for the general election ballot for every single contest, including his or her own race.
  • Would result in some races where candidates from only one political party appear on the general election ballot.
  • Would force voters to navigate two completely different voting systems on the same ballot, with some races requiring voters to rank candidates under a rank choice voting system and others that do not.
  • Will increase tabulation errors, create longer lines at the polls, and significantly delay election results.
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  1. If AZ prop 140 passes voters in Arizona will be counted among the low informed thinkers. There are already several towns in Arizona who deprive their voting citizens transparency when it comes to choices of candidates and their political affiliations. California style ranked voting elections are really the ultimate step in one party domination. So vote NO on prop 140. Also be clear on prop 133- a yes would help ensure AZ local elections are transparent. I need to know about a candidate’s beliefs/philosophy by which they make decisions. Knowing their party affiliation, history and character helps ensure I’m choosing the candidate which best aligns with my values. Please don’t be haphazard in voting. Be sure to educate yourself on each proposition. We need to preserve and protect our voting rights and individual liberties.

  2. This proposition is the brainchild of Sarah Smallhouse, the uber-wealthy Liberal daughter of Tucson’s late tech-entrepreneur, Thomas Brown (i.e. Burr-Brown, bought by Texas Instruments for ~$6+ billion in 2000). Smallhouse is the director of a giant foundation using her Papa’s name (see following link). She’s one of many of Tucson’s clueless, guilt-ridden elite, who fund all the Hard-Left there, and have made the place an even worse sh*thole, that it would have been …if they’d simply done nothing. https://salc.org/people/sarah-smallhouse/

    • kind of like those PRO-abortion ones
      really want to do ad were we arrest their mothers FOR NOT HAVING ABORTION

  3. Since the petition didn’t meet legal standards, there should not be implementation of the proposition even if it did win, which I hope it won’t.

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