Lawsuit filed to strike initiative restriction law

Attorney Roopali Desai represents Voters of Arizona, a newly organized group now suing the state over laws governing the right of voters to enact their own laws./ Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times

Claiming lawmakers acted illegally, a newly organized group is asking a judge to void a key change in laws governing the right of voters to enact their own laws.

The lawsuit filed Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court charges that both the Arizona Constitution and a series of court rulings require that initiative organizers need be only in “substantial compliance” with state election laws to qualify their proposals for the ballot. That provides a certain amount of leeway for what judges have concluded are errors which do not affect the ability of voters to understand what they are signing and the issues before them.

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