Arizona Regulation of Contributions to Elected Officials Initiative (2016)

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Arizona Regulation of Contributions to Elected Officials Initiative
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Election date
November 8, 2016
Topic
Government accountability
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute
Origin
Citizens

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


The Regulation of Contributions to Elected Officials Initiative did not make the November 8, 2016, ballot in Arizona as an initiated state statute.

The measure, upon voter approval, would have placed restrictions on lobbyists' gifts to elected officials, contributions to campaigns, and former elected officials seeking jobs as lobbyists.[1]

Text of measure

Measure summary

The ballot measure summary was as follows:[1]

Requires lobbyists to disclose all meals purchased for elected officials and bans lobbyist funded travel or speaking engagements; improves Clean Elections funding for candidates, reforming initial funding and providing matching contributions from small donors; reduces contribution limits for nonparticipating candidates to $1000 for legislative and local candidates and $2500 for statewide candidates; requires corporations that spend more than $10,000 in elections to disclose high dollar donors; bans government contractors from contributing to candidates while negotiating or working under government contracts; prevents former government officials from representing clients before agencies and officials for two years after leaving their government positions.[2]

Full text

The full text of the measure can be found here.

Support

Arizonans for Clean and Accountable Elections submitted the proposed initiative.

Arguments in favor

Samantha Pstross, chair of Arizonans for Clean and Accountable Elections, said,[3]

I want my representatives to be thinking about me and my family and average Arizonans and not their donors.[2]

Opposition

If you know of any opposition arguments that should be included here, please contact editor@ballotpedia.org.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Arizona

Arizonans for Clean and Accountable Elections filed the initiative application on April 12, 2016.[1] Initiative proponents needed to collect 150,642 signatures by July 7, 2016, to land the measure on the ballot. Supporters did not, however, submit signatures by the deadline.[4]

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 1.2 Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Initiatives, referendums & recalls," accessed April 14, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. AZFamily.com, "Advocacy group files ballot measure to combat dark money," April 13, 2016
  4. Ballotpedia staff phone interview with Arizona secretary of state's office on July 7, 2016