By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
Democrats won crucial victories in the closing hours of the legislative session Friday morning as two changes to election laws failed.
A proposal to ask voters to scrap the voluntary system of public financing faltered when it came up two votes short of a majority in the House. Several Republicans crossed party lines to prevent a new vote on the measure first approved by voters in 1998.
The Republican majority in the House was having better luck with legislation to make it a felony for volunteer groups and organizations to collect early ballots from voters.
