PHOENIX — Ready to vote? You can start Wednesday. That’s when early ballots for the general election go out. And if you’re unwilling to wait for the mail, there are remote early voting locations in every county.
This year’s ballot is led by fight for who will get the state’s 11 electors, something that could matter depending on the outcome in other swing states. There also is the highly watched race nationally of whether Republican Kari Lake or Democrat Ruben Gallego will replace Democrat-turned-independent Kyrsten Sinema who bowed out. Also on a statewide basis, there are three seats up for grabs on the Arizona Corporation Commission.
And voters statewide will get to decide whether Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick and Kathryn King get six-year terms — though those individual decisions could be overridden. More about that in a bit. But it is the 13 propositions that could have a lasting impact on Arizona — if for no other reason than they are more or less permanent: tt takes yet another public vote to repeal or substantially alter anything approved at the ballot.
(See related story) Note that measures in the 100 series are constitutional proposals whether placed on the ballot by the Legislature (133 through 138) or voters (139 and 140). 300-level ballot measures are statutory changes lawmakers could legally approve themselves but have been instead put on the ballot, some of these because the Republican-controlled Legislature could not get them signed by the go.
