Arizona 2012 ballot measures

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Nine statewide questions were approved for the 2012 ballot in the state of Arizona.

• One measure was taken off the ballot via a filed lawsuit after it was certified.
• Arizona Legislature was in session until April 20, 2011, the last day in 2011 that the state legislature could send a measure to the ballot that year.
• Supporters of ballot initiative efforts had until the July 5, 2012 petition drive deadline to turn in the required amount of signatures for their proposals.
• Signature requirements for ballot initiative efforts were 259,212 signatures for initiated constitutional amendments and 172,808 for initiated state statutes.
• Two measures filed signatures on the day of the deadline. One filed before the day of the deadline, but faced litigation. That measure eventually made the ballot.
• The 2012 state legislative session began on January 10, 2012 and ended in mid-April of 2012. Legislative referrals could have been sent to the 2012 ballot during this time.

On the ballot

See also: 2012 ballot measures

The following measures were on the ballot in 2012:

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 114	Law enforcement	Prohibits crime victims from being subject to a claim for damages for causing death or injury.	a
LRCA	Proposition 115	Judiciary	Relating to the modification of the Appellate and Trial Court Commissions.	d
LRCA	Proposition 116	Taxes	Give tax break to businesses with newly acquired equipment.	d
LRCA	Proposition 117	Taxes	Limit annual growth in limited property value of locally assessed properties.	a
LRCA	Proposition 118	Budgets	Yearly Permanent Fund distribution to be 2.5% of monthly market values of the fund from 5 previous years.	a
LRCA	Proposition 119	Property	Lets legislature enact a process to exchange trust land if related to protecting military installations.	a
LRCA	Proposition 120	Environment	Would declare state sovereignty over state natural resources based on the argument of "equal footing."	d
CICA	Proposition 121	Admin. of gov't.	Implement a top-two style open primary system.	d
CISS	Proposition 204	Taxes	Would renew the sales tax increase approved in 2010.	d

Not on the ballot

See also: Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Right to Jury Trial Referendum	Judiciary	Repeal parts of SB 1200, which eliminates right to trial for those accused of intoxicated driving.
LRSS	Traffic Camera Question	Transportation	Would ban photo radar and red light cameras in the state.
LRCA	Wage Inflation Amendment	Minimum wage	Would scrap the minimum wage inflation adjustment in the state.
LRCA	Public Funding Amendment	Elections and campaigns	Disallow the use of public money to fund political campaigns
LRCA	Prop. 106 Repeal Amendment	Redistricting measures	Would repeal Proposition 106.
LRCA	Public-Employee Pension	Admin. of gov't.	Related to alleviating pension system problems for elected officials and public-employees.
LRCA	Spending Limit Amendment	State legislatures	Would place spending limits on state legislature.
LRCA	Candidate Filing Fees Amendment	Elections	Would allow the legislature to provide for candidate filing fees instead of petitions.
LRCA	Referendum Election Amendment	Elections	Would place any referendum referred by the state legislature to the primary election ballot.
LRCA	Initiative Tax Approval Amendment	Taxes	Mandate that any initiative dealing with tax issues be approved by 60% during election.
LRCA	Actions in English Amendment	English	Would mandate that all official government action be conducted in English.
LRCA	Appropriations Amendment	State budgets	Legislature not appropriate revenues in excess of 6 4/10% of total personal income.
LRCA	State Education Aid Amendment	Education	Would provide aid from the state to private and parochial schools.
LRCA	Re-Authorization Amendment	Elections	Mandate that re-authorization votes take place regarding initiatives.
LRCA	IRC Amendment	Redistricting	Would change member qualifications and increase membership of the commission.
LRCA	Congressional Redistricting	Redistricting	Provide for alternate congressional district boundary map enacted by legislature.
LRCA	Legislative Redistricting	Redistricting	Provide for alternate legislative district boundary map enacted by legislature.
LRCA	Tax Vote Amendment	Taxes	Would enact that any tax increases be approved by 2/3rd of voters.
LRCA	"Personhood" Amendment	Abortion	Would define "person" in the state constitution at start of biological development.
LRCA	Recall Amendment	Recall	Would change the recall vote process in the state
CISS	Conviction Compensation Act	Law	Compensation to people wrongfully convicted of be $1000 per day of incarceration.
CISS	"Fair Crime Act"	Law	Mandate that a person may only be punishable under one section of the law.
CISS	"Victimless Crime Act"	Law	Restrict state law to mandate people only be prosecuted for a crime that is tangible.
CISS	"Honest Officials Act"	Government	Mandate honesty from public officials.
CISS	"Workers' Rights Act"	Labor and unions	Protect employees from termination for conduct unrelated to employment relationship.
CISS	Adoptable Pets Act	Animal rights	Amend law to prohibit anyone from euthanizing healthy pets.
CISS	Solar Credit Initiative	Resources	Create credit exchange to allow state to sell SRECs to recoup investment in solar electricity.
CICA	"Prop 13" Amendment	Taxes	Limits property tax in the state.
CISS	Violent Offenders Law	Law	Would deny parole to those who commit violent or sexual crimes.
CICA	Immunity Initiative	State legislatures	Would ban immunity for legislators from being arrested during session.
CISS	Home Detention Initiative	Law	Non-violent prisoners to be in home detention after 1/4 of imposed sentence passes.
CISS	Gambling Initiative	Gambling	Would allow for statewide gambling at casinos and racetracks.
CISS	Parks Initiative	Taxes	Allocate a portion of automobile tax revenue to maintenance of state parks.
CICA	Federal Action Initiative	Federal issues	Would allow voters to reject federal actions via referendum.

Local ballot measures

See also: Local ballot measure elections in 2012

• March 13 • November 6

See also

• 2012 ballot measures
• List of Arizona ballot measures
• Laws governing the initiative process in Arizona
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Arizona
• Campaign finance requirements for Arizona ballot measures

Articles

• Arizona lawmaker proposes new circulator requirements
• Arizona bill introduced to send legislative referendum to primary election

External links

• 2012 Initiatives, Referendums & Recalls