A. The form of petition for a law or amendment to the constitution of this state or county legislative measure, or city or town ordinance, or amendment to a city or town charter proposed by the initiative to be submitted directly to the electors, shall be substantially in the form prescribed in section 19-101, except that the title and body of such petition shall read:
Initiative description
(Insert a description of not more than two hundred words of the principal provisions of the proposed measure or constitutional amendment.)
Notice: This is only a description of the proposed measure (or constitutional amendment) prepared by the sponsor of the measure. It may not include every provision contained in the measure. Before signing, make sure the title and text of the measure are attached. You have the right to read or examine the title and text before signing.
Initiative Measure to be Submitted Directly to Electors
We, the undersigned, citizens and qualified electors of the state of Arizona, respectfully demand that the following proposed law (or amendment to the constitution, or other initiative measure), shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state of Arizona (county, city or town of ____________) for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election (or county, city or town election) and each for himself says: (terminate form same as a referendum petition.)
B. Each petition sheet shall have printed on the top of each sheet the following:
"It is unlawful to sign this petition before it has a serial number."
C. Each petition sheet shall have printed in capital letters in not less than twelve point bold-faced type in the upper right-hand corner of the face of the petition sheet and below the statement prescribed in subsection B of this section the following:
"___________ paid circulator" " ______________ volunteer".
D. A circulator of an initiative petition shall state whether the circulator is a paid circulator or volunteer by checking the appropriate line on the petition form before circulating the petition for signatures.
E. Signatures obtained on initiative petitions in violation of subsection D of this section are void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition. The presence of signatures that are invalidated under this subsection on a petition does not invalidate other signatures on the petition that were obtained as prescribed by this section.
Notes of Decisions
Jaime a Molera v. Katie Hobbs (2020)
ariz · cites it 20×
“291 , 293 ¶ 1 (2018), we disqualified an “Invest in Education Act” initiative from the 2018 ballot because proponents failed to comply with A.R.S. § 19-102(A), which requires that petition sheets used to gather signatures contain a short description of the initiative’s principal…”
Jaime Molera v. reagan/invest in Education (2018)
ariz · cites it 44×
“¶37 As required by A.R.S. § 19-102, the description appeared on the petition signature sheets along with this disclaimer: Notice: This is only a description of the proposed measure (or constitutional amendment) prepared by the sponsor of the measure.”
Ariz. Chapter of the Associated Gen. Contractors of Am. v. City of Phx. (2019)
ariz · cites it 7×
“01(A) because the measure's proponent paid petition circulators by the signature and whether the measure's 100-word description fails to comply with A.R.S. § 19-102(A). We previously issued an order affirming the lower courts' decisions that the initiative measure qualifies for…”
Tilson v. Mofford (1987)
ariz · cites it 4×
“1, § 1 and A.R.S. § 19-102 *474 et seq. The legislature certainly may require that initiative measures amending existing portions of the Constitution be submitted to the people with a caption indicating the constitutional sections to be affected.”
Vince Leach v. Katie Hobbs (2021)
ariz · cites it 4×
“” A.R.S. § 19-102(A). As we recently observed in Molera II, where we approved the petition summary for the Invest in Education initiative that was subsequently enacted, a summary may run afoul of the requirement in either or both of two ways: it may omit a principal provision of…”
Wilhelm v. Brewer (2008)
ariz · cites it 4×
“) (codified and amended at A.R.S. § 19-102(A)). The statute also requires that the petition contain the following notice: [Tjhis is only a description of the proposed measure .”
Kromko v. Superior Court (1991)
ariz · cites it 3×
“After reviewing the record, we believe the sheets also contain the information necessary to comply with the statutory form contemplated by requirement 1, which is set forth in § 19-102. Pursuant to § 19-102, all petition sheets circulated for signature must contain a certain…”
Karen Fann v. State of Arizona (2021)
ariz
“208’s placement on the ballot was filed, challenging the sufficiency of its 100-word description under § 19-102(A). Molera v. Hobbs, 250 Ariz. 13 , 18 ¶ 3 (2020).”
Feldmeier v. Watson (2005)
ariz · cites it 2×
“A.R.S. § 19-102(B), (C). ¶ 9 The petition signer must also declare that he or she is a qualified elector of the proper political subdivision and must provide the “post office address, the street and number, if any, of his residence, and the date on which he signed such petition.”
Barry v. Alberty (1992)
arizctapp · cites it 2×
“A.R.S. § 19-102. Initiative measures require “substantial” compliance with requirements of the law, but not necessarily “technical” compliance.”
KZPZ Broadcasting, Inc. v. Black Canyon City Concerned Citizens (2000)
arizctapp
“§ 19-101, the Legislature has prescribed that a form of petition for referendum must now contain in part the following language, “We, the undersigned citizens and qualified electors____” And [in] § 19-102, the Legislature requires the same language in an initiative petition.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-102(A) — 15 cases
Jaime a Molera v. Katie Hobbs (2020)
ariz
“291 , 293 ¶ 1 (2018), we disqualified an “Invest in Education Act” initiative from the 2018 ballot because proponents failed to comply with A.R.S. § 19-102(A), which requires that petition sheets used to gather signatures contain a short description of the initiative’s principal…”
Jaime Molera v. reagan/invest in Education (2018)
ariz
“¶37 As required by A.R.S. § 19-102, the description appeared on the petition signature sheets along with this disclaimer: Notice: This is only a description of the proposed measure (or constitutional amendment) prepared by the sponsor of the measure.”
Ariz. Chapter of the Associated Gen. Contractors of Am. v. City of Phx. (2019)
ariz
“01(A) because the measure's proponent paid petition circulators by the signature and whether the measure's 100-word description fails to comply with A.R.S. § 19-102(A). We previously issued an order affirming the lower courts' decisions that the initiative measure qualifies for…”
Vince Leach v. Katie Hobbs (2021)
ariz
“” A.R.S. § 19-102(A). As we recently observed in Molera II, where we approved the petition summary for the Invest in Education initiative that was subsequently enacted, a summary may run afoul of the requirement in either or both of two ways: it may omit a principal provision of…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-102(B) — 1 case
Feldmeier v. Watson (2005)
ariz
“A.R.S. § 19-102(B), (C). ¶ 9 The petition signer must also declare that he or she is a qualified elector of the proper political subdivision and must provide the “post office address, the street and number, if any, of his residence, and the date on which he signed such petition.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-102(D) — 2 cases
Jaime Molera v. reagan/invest in Education (2018)
ariz
“¶37 As required by A.R.S. § 19-102, the description appeared on the petition signature sheets along with this disclaimer: Notice: This is only a description of the proposed measure (or constitutional amendment) prepared by the sponsor of the measure.”
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