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.
