Election day is November 5th
Other Critical Dates
- 07 Oct – Voter registration deadline
- 09 Oct – Ballots mailed and drop boxes available
- 25 Oct – Last day to request an early ballot
- 29 Oct – Last day to mail back ballot
Our slate card provides a condensed, printable cheat sheet to take into the voters booth, share with others, or even provide talking points.
Find our slate card here (pdf)
National Candidates
State and County Candidates
AZ State Senate
Elizabeth Brown
County Supervisor, District 1
Joel Navarro
County Assessor
Gregory Freeman
County Attorney
Tamika Wooten
County Recorder
Tim Stringham
County Sheriff
Tyler Kamp
County School Superintendent
Laura Metcalfe
Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board
Heather Macre
Terry Goddard
School Boards
Gilbert Public Schools
✅ Jesse Brainard
✅ Rose Parker
Higley Unified School District
✅ Scott Glover
✅ Kathleen Richards
✅ Tiffany Schultz
Chandler Unified School District
✅ Claudia Mendoza
✅ Barb Mozdzen
✅ Zeyna Pruzhanovsky
Maricopa Community College District
✅ Linda Thor (At-large)
✅ Jacqueline Smith (District 1)
Judges
- ⛔ Clint Bolick
- ⛔ Chritopher Coury
- ⛔ Kathryn Hackett King
- ⛔ Angela Paton
Propositions
⛔ Prop 133: Require Partisan Primaries
- Full name: Require Partisan Primaries and Prohibit Primaries Where Candidates Compete Regardless of Party Affiliation Amendment
- Prevents nonpartisan primaries in State and Federal races
- A “no” vote opposes amending the Arizona Constitution to require partisan primary elections for partisan offices, maintaining the status quo of requiring partisan primaries by state statute
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 134: Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment
- Allows a single legislative district to shut down a citizens’ ballot initiative
- A “no” vote opposes requiring signatures from each legislative district for initiated ballot measures
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 135: Emergency Declarations Amendment
- Restricts the governor’s ability to declare a state of emergency
- A “no” vote opposes providing for the state legislature to terminate a state of emergency or alter the emergency powers granted to the governor during a state of emergency and providing for a state of emergency to automatically terminate 30 days after it is declared unless the state legislature extends the emergency powers granted to the governor, except in cases for a state of war emergency or an emergency arising from a flood or a fire.
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 136: Legal Challenges to Constitutionality of Initiatives Ammendment
- Allows a citizens’ ballot initiative to be challenged in court before it even files signatures
- A “no” vote opposes providing for challenges to an initiative measure or constitutional amendment after the filing of the measure with the secretary of state.
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 137: End Term Limits and Retention Elections for Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges Amendment
- Takes away voters ability to reject bad judges
- A “no” vote opposes ending term limits for state supreme court justices and superior court judges, replacing them with terms of good behavior unless decided otherwise by a judicial review commission, and would end retention elections at the end of the judicial term
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 138: Wages for Tipped Workers Amendment
- Allows employers to pay tipped workers $0.59 less per hour than the current sub-minimum wage
- A “no” vote opposes allowing for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage if any tips received by the employee were not less than the minimum wage plus $2 for all hours worked
- Ballotpedia
✅ Prop 139: Right to Abortion Initiative
- Enshrines a fundamental right to abortion in the Arizona State Constitution
- A “yes” vote supports amending the state constitution to provide for the fundamental right to abortion that the state of Arizona may not interfere with before the point of fetal viability (defined as the point of pregnancy when there is significant chance of the survival of the fetus outside of the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures) unless justified by a compelling state interest (defined as a law or regulation enacted for the limited purpose of improving or maintaining the health of the individual seeking abortion care that does not infringe on that individual’s autonomous decision making)
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 140: Single Primary for All Candidates and Possible RCV General Election Initiative
- Eliminates partisan primaries by requiring every candidate to run against every other candidate in a primary
- A “no” vote opposes this ballot initiative, thus:
- keeping semi-closed partisan primaries in which the candidate who receives the most votes advances to the general election to compete against other political parties’ nominees and independent candidates;
- maintaining a plurality vote system for general elections in which the candidate who receives the highest number of votes is elected to the office
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 311: Criminal Conviction Fee for First Responder Death Financial Benefit Measure
- Establishes new fees on every criminal conviction to fund additional benefits for families of officers killed in the line of duty
- A “no” vote opposes establishing a $20 fee on every conviction for a criminal offense, which would go to pay a benefit of $250,000 to the spouse or children of a first responder who is killed in the line of duty
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 312: Property Tax Refund for Non-Enforcement of Public Nuisance Laws Measure
- Allows property owners to apply for a refund on their property taxes if they spent money to mitigate problems caused by homeless encampments near their property
- A “no” vote opposes allowing for property owners to apply for a property tax refund if the city or locality in which the property is located does not enforce laws or ordinances regarding illegal camping, loitering, obstructing public thoroughfares, panhandling, public urination or defecation, public consumption of alcoholic beverages, and possession or use of illegal substances
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 313: Life Imprisonment for Sex Trafficking of a Child Measure
- Creates a mandatory life sentence for anyone charged with a class 2 child sex trafficking offense, including victims of sex trafficking themselves
- A “no” vote opposes this ballot measure to require that anyone convicted of child sex trafficking be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or release
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 314: Immigration and Border Law Enforcement Measure
- Legalizes racial profiling by allowing local law enforcement to arrest anyone they suspect of crossing the border outside of official ports of entry
- A “no” vote opposes:
- Making it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state at any location other than the port of entry;
- Allowing for state and local police to arrest noncitizens who cross the border unlawfully;
- Allowing for state judges to order deportations;
- Requiring the use of the E-Verify program in order to determine the immigration status of individuals before the enrollment in a financial aid or public welfare program;
- Making it a Class 6 felony for individuals who submit false information or documents to an employer to evade detection of employment eligibility, or to apply for public benefits, and;
- Making the sale of fentanyl a Class 2 felony if the person knowingly sells fentanyl and it results in the death of another person
- Ballotpedia
⛔ Prop 315: Legislative Ratification of State Agency Rules that Increase Regulatory Costs Measure
- Restricts state agencies’ abilities to make certain statewide rule changes
- A “no” vote opposes prohibiting a proposed rule from becoming effective if that rule is estimated to increase regulatory costs by more than $500,000 within five years after implementation, until the legislature enacts legislation ratifying the proposed rule
- Ballotpedia
✅ Prop 479: Extend existing half-cent sales tax dedicated to transportation
- Continues an existing, half-cent sales tax to fund transportation projects
✅ Prop 486: Maricopa County Community College Expenditures
Permanently adjusts the Maricopa County Community College expenditure limit.
✅ Prop 497: Permanent Base Adjustment
- Allows Gilbert to adjust its budgetary capabilities to meet current and future needs
- Town of Gilbert Statement
✅ Prop 498: Capital Projects Accumulation
- Permits accumulation of funds for capital projects without breaching the state-imposed expenditure cap
- Enables Gilbert to avoid costs associated with borrowing (e.g., interest payments and issuance fees)
- Town of Gilbert Statement
✅ Proposed 15% budget override continuation Gilbert Land Sale (2)
✅ Higley Budget continuation and School Safety Bond
✅ Proposed Chandler School Bond
⛔ Arizona Judges
- Clint Bolick
- Kathryn Hackett King