Arizona Simplified Juries in Family Court Act (2016)

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Arizona Simplified Juries in Family Court Act
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Election date
November 8, 2016
Topic
Marriage and family
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 Simplified Juries in Family Court Act did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in Arizona as an initiated state statute.

The measure would have aimed to simplify the jury process in family court. It would have provided that juries consist of five jurors of either two men and three women or three men and two women.[1]

Text of the Measure

The full text of the measure can be read here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Arizona

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.[2]

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. Arizona Secretary of State, "I-20-2016," accessed November 10, 2015
  2. Ballotpedia staff phone interview with Arizona secretary of state's office on July 7, 2016