Arizona No Toll Roads in Arizona Act (2016)

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Arizona No Toll Roads Act
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Election date
November 8, 2016
Topic
Transportation
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
Citizens

Not on Ballot
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
This measure was not put
on an election ballot


The No Toll Roads in Arizona Act did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in Arizona as an initiated constitutional amendment.

The measure would have prohibited existing publicly funded or maintained roadways from being converted into toll roads, or any form of fee-based managed lanes. It would take effect January 1, 2017.[1]

Text of the Measure

The full text of the measure was:[1]

Be it enacted by the people of the state of Arizona:

Part 1. Title. This act may be cited as the No Toll Roads in Arizona Act.

Part 2. Purpose. The People of Arizona declare the following:

To prohibit the conversion of existing publicly funded or maintained roadways into Fee based managed lanes or any form of Toll Roads.

Part 3. Article XXXI, Constitution of Arizona, is added with the following:

1. PROHIBITS THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING PUBLICLY FUNDED OR MAINTAINED ROADWAYS INTO FEE BASED MANAGED LANES OR ANY FORM OF TOLL ROADS.

Part 4. Effective date. This Constitutional Amendment shall become effective on January 1, 2017.[2]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Arizona

Initiative proponents needed to collect 225,963 signatures by July 7, 2016, to land the measure on the ballot. Supporters did not, however, submit signatures by the deadline.[3]

State profile

Demographic data for Arizona
 ArizonaU.S.
Total population:6,817,565316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):113,5943,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:78.4%73.6%
Black/African American:4.2%12.6%
Asian:3%5.1%
Native American:4.4%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.2%0.2%
Two or more:3.2%3%
Hispanic/Latino:30.3%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:86%86.7%
College graduation rate:27.5%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$50,255$53,889
Persons below poverty level:21.2%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Arizona.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Arizona

Arizona voted Republican in six out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.


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See also

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Arizona Secretary of State, "C-01-2016," accessed November 10, 2015
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. Ballotpedia staff phone interview with Arizona secretary of state's office on July 7, 2016