Editorial Board | The Arizona Republic
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted only for purposes of discussion.)
Give the Legislature this: It had a strong argument when it moved municipal elections to summers and falls of even-numbered years. Voter turnout would rise.
There was just one problem. This isn’t the Legislature’s call, particularly when it comes to charter cities. What’s the point of adopting home rule if any decision can be overruled by state lawmakers?
That’s essentially the reasoning behind an Arizona Court of Appeals ruling striking down the law, particularly as it applies to Phoenix and Tucson. The court agreed with a Pima County Superior Court judge who ruled that charter city authority supersedes state law in setting municipal-election dates.
