GOP Referral to Prevent School Voucher Regulations Blocked from Arizona Ballot
A Republican-led ballot referral, Proposition 145, designed to prevent any future regulation of Arizona's private school voucher system, has been officially blocked from the November ballot by the Arizona Supreme Court. The court ruled that the measure violates the state Constitution. Proposition 145 contained two main provisions: one that would have forbidden any voucher money from being taken from military families, and another that would have made future reforms to the voucher system nearly impossible by enshrining protections for it in the Arizona Constitution. This second provision would have voided even voter-backed efforts to restrain the program. Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer, writing for the majority, stated that Prop. 145's two main provisions were not sufficiently related to satisfy the Arizona Constitution's separate amendment requirement, which prohibits ballot measures from making multiple, disparate changes. The court also noted that the provisions had significantly different impacts, going... 
