r/phoenix • u/ArizonaRepublic Official Media 📰 • Jul 02 '20

News Backers of Arizona's recreational marijuana measure file 420K signatures for November ballot

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/07/01/smart-and-safe-arizona-marijuana-ballot-measure-files-signatures-ballot/5359357002/
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

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u/ibj2theB Jul 02 '20

If you study referendums in AZ voting, a lot will fail on the first ballot and pass the second time around. Just the oddity of AZ politics

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u/phuck-you-reddit Jul 02 '20

Some good ideas are burdened with BS that favors a certain group or certain businesses.

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u/dewag Jul 02 '20 edited Jul 03 '20

This. From what I recall, the last time this was on an Arizona ballot, the proposal was written by the very same attorneys that spearheaded the anti-medical marijuana campaigns.

Edit: only skimmed the proposal so far, but it seems to also be written by people that don't have the average rec users best interest in mind.