Arizona Judge Rules Against Secretary of State's Use of 'Vouchers' in Ballot Description
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled that Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acted illegally by using the term 'vouchers' to describe the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program in the ballot description for Proposition 212. The judge, Julie Ann Mata, stated that the term 'voucher' is misleading as it does not appear in Arizona law governing ESAs. The Arizona Supreme Court had previously distinguished between vouchers, deemed unconstitutional, and the ESA system. Fontes argued that the term is commonly understood and appears in legal dictionaries, but Mata ordered him to reword the description. The Arizona Free Enterprise Club, which supports the ESA program, argued that it is not a voucher system. 
