By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Sun
Two former politicians are moving to overturn the decision by the Republican-controlled legislature to make it more difficult for voters to propose their own laws.
Grant Woods, who was a Republican attorney general, and former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson filed the paperwork Thursday to create Voters of Arizona. That allows them to start circulating petitions, perhaps as early as this coming week, to refer the new laws to the ballot.
Backers need just 75,321 valid signatures by early August to block the measures from taking effect until at least the November 2018 general election. It would then be up to voters to decide whether to ratify or veto what lawmakers approved.
