Trump-Linked Firm Asks Arizona Supreme Court to Rewrite Prop. 144 Ballot Description

Overview

• America First Legal appealed the Maricopa County Superior Court’s dismissal and asked the Arizona Supreme Court to order a new ballot description for Proposition 144.
• The firm says the current 50-word summary leaves out language that would enshrine that only citizens may register and vote and that it wrongly includes unsettled legal conclusions about the measure’s effects.
• Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and his legal team argue the citizenship language is not a principal change because Arizona already requires voters to be citizens and that the summary focuses on voter-facing changes.
• The trial court found the three Prop. 144 supporters who sued lacked individualized standing and ruled the published description covered the proposition’s principal provisions.
• Prop. 144 would require photo ID for all voters, restrict foreign-national spending to influence elections, and allow on-site tabulation of early ballots, and the Supreme Court’s decision will determine what voters actually read on the November ballot.