Arizona Prohibit Government Regulation of Private Transaction Prices Initiative (2020)
| Arizona Prohibit Government Regulation of Private Transaction Prices Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Business regulation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Arizona Prohibit Government Regulation of Private Transaction Prices Initiative was not on the ballot in Arizona as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have added Article XXXI to the Arizona Constitution, which would have prohibited state and local governments from capping, limiting, or otherwise regulating prices for private transactions. The ballot measure would have excepted some regulations from the ban, including taxes and fees, minimum wage laws, payday loan laws, and remedies for public emergencies.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Arizona
In Arizona, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 15 percent of votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Petitions can be circulated for up to 24 months. Signature petitions must be submitted four months prior to the election at which the measure is to appear.
The requirements to get initiated constitutional amendments certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 356,467 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2020.
If the secretary of state certifies that enough valid signatures were submitted, the initiative is put on the next general election ballot. The secretary of state verifies the signatures through a random sampling of 5 percent of submitted signatures working in collaboration with county recorders. If the random sampling indicates that valid signatures equal to between 95 percent and 105 percent of the required number were submitted, a full check of all signatures is required. If the random sampling shows fewer signatures, the petition fails. If the random sampling shows more, the initiative is certified for the ballot.
Stages of this initiative
The committee Arizonans for Financial Freedom filed the ballot initiative on September 27, 2019.[1]
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