Arizona signature referendum attempt to thwart school choice fails to get signatures needed for ballot

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said that the referendum will not be on the 2024 ballot

An attempt by an organization in Arizona to take down an expansion program for school choice vouchers failed to gather enough signatures.

Save Our Schools Arizona attempted to use the state’s veto referendum to stop a school choice program that was passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican.

If opponents of a particular law collect 118,823, or 5% of signatures from the most recent gubernatorial election turnout within 90 days of the law’s enactment, it can be stopped by the secretary of state and the issue would then be placed on the following general election ballot.