Ballot Measure Rights Project
Arizona voters have the constitutional right to write and pass laws directly.
That right is being narrowed through rising costs, procedural barriers, and litigation pressure.
How It Started
Arizona’s ballot initiative system was created to give voters a direct way to pass laws when the legislature failed to act.
It was designed to be accessible, citizen-led, and independent of political gatekeepers.
How It's Going
Over time, the initiative process has become more complex, expensive, and legally risky.
Today, only well-funded groups can reliably qualify measures, while everyday voters face procedural hurdles that limit participation.
How We Fix It
This project advances a proposed ballot measure to protect and restore voter-led lawmaking in Arizona.
The goal is a process that is fair, transparent, and accessible without weakening legal review or accountability.
How We Win
Voters have the power to fix this.
This measure won’t move forward on its own.
It requires a community willing to support the legal filing, signature collection, and campaign work needed to place it on the ballot.
This is how we turn concern into real, enforceable change.
Not just another protest.
Why This Project Exists
Ballot initiatives exist so citizens can act when legislatures won’t.But across the country, that process has been weakened through shifting rules, legal traps, and political interference.
This project exists to protect the people’s role as lawmakers, not just voters, and to ensure the ballot initiative process remains usable, fair, and controlled by the public, not politicians.
What This Project Does
This project advances a constitutional amendment that strengthens and stabilizes the rules governing citizen-led initiatives.
It:
Establishes clear protections for proposing and passing laws by ballot
Prevents political interference before and after voters decide
Ensures fair signature rules, neutral ballot language, and majority rule
Keeps the initiative process accessible to regular people, not just institutions
⠀The focus is the process itself, not any single policy outcome.
Why This Matters
Citizens are losing the only direct control they have over the laws that govern them outside the legislature.
When ballot measures become too expensive, risky, or easy to undermine, only well-funded interests can use them. That defeats their original purpose.
Protecting the ballot process ensures:
Voter decisions actually stand
Direct democracy remains meaningful
People retain a real backstop when representative systems fail
⠀This is about democratic infrastructure, not ideology.
Where This Project Is Now
The project is currently in the drafting and public input phase.
At this stage, the proposal is being:
Refined for state-specific legal requirements
Reviewed publicly for clarity and fairness
Prepared for formal legal review and filing
⠀Once drafting is complete, the project will move into legal review, filing, signature collection, and ultimately a public vote.
How You Can Participate
Project members help guide the campaign’s direction and make early progress possible.
Members:
Participate in votes on major project decisions
Help shape priorities, timelines, and messaging
Support promotion and early-stage project needs
Receive project updates and decision prompts
Membership is how the project stays community-led instead of top-down.
Active Team
The active team is made up of people who help do the work needed to move the project forward.
Active team members may:
Help promote the project and explain it publicly
Volunteer research, writing, design, or technical skills
Assist with outreach to communities and organizations
Collect signatures once filing is complete
Help track progress and support day-to-day tasks
Participation is flexible and based on availability. Some people contribute regularly; others step in when needed.
No campaign experience required.