Ballot Qualifications & Schedule
Date Initiative language can be submitted: Any time after even year general elections.
Signatures are tied to vote of which office: Governor
Next Gubernatorial election: 2010
Votes cast for governor in last election: 1,533,640
Net number of signatures required: For statute – 10% of votes cast for
governor (153,364). For constitutional amendment – 15% (230,046)
Distribution Requirement: None
Circulation period: 620 Days
Do circulators have to be residents: No
Date when signatures are due for certification: 4 months prior to next election
Signature verification process: Random Sampling.
Single-subject restriction: Arizona has a single subject requirement.
Legislative tampering: The legislature cannot repeal an initiative — but
they can amend an initiative if amending legislation furthers the purposes
of such measure and at least three-fourths of the members of each house
of the legislature, by a roll call of ayes and nays, vote to amend such
measure.
Excerpted from the Initiative & Referendum Almanac by M. Dane Waters.