In a blow to groups trying to get voter-driven initiatives on the ballot, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a law criminalizing per-signature payment is constitutional.
Voters in Arizona voted on various ballot propositions that deal with a number of issues, including debt collection, in-state tuition, and campaign spending. Here's a look at the results.The appeals court ruled the law has a chilling effect on free speech rights of people trying to get proposed laws on the ballot.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that some of the bonus programs the company used ran afoul of the 2017 law. However, the court's ruling did not touch on the measure's constitutionality. The ban on per-signature payments is one of several restrictions on petition collectors enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature after liberal groups used the citizen initiative process to make changes lawmakers opposed, including an increase in the minimum wage.
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