Senate/Congressional Races and Ballot Initiatives 2008
Arizona Values Voters check out the Values Voter traps like The "Liberal Media Bias" trap.
Values Voting Record for all Congressmen and Senators for '07 on 14 values issues-See who voted yes and no on issues like tax payer funding of Planned Parenthood, yet no taxes allowed to go to faith based organizations, abstinence education, hate crimes, same sex marriage, marriage amendment and more.
Congressional
Here is a conservative voter guide from Arizona Catholic Conference-it looks like the democrats running for all 3 position in Arizona failed to answer the survey while all Republicans did. This should tell you that Democrats in the congress in Arizona are not concerned with Values Voter Issues whereas Republicans are. So keep this in mind as you vote for you congressional politician.
Ballot Initiative
Arizonans to vote on the Marriage Amendment in November-"The Center for Arizona Policy reports that the Amendment passed the Senate and will appear on the November 2008 election ballot. After failing on Wednesday, the AP reports that the Senate passed the Amendment in a second vote by a margin of 16-4. The Arizona Republic reports: “The long-anticipated vote came just before adjournment and followed hours of angry, raucous debate in which the legislative rule book was used as a weapon to both stall the vote (Democrats) and cut short debate (Republicans). Senators on both sides of the aisle and of the issue lamented a meltdown in the higher chamber, as most of the day’s work was scrapped so that the marriage amendment could be voted upon while key senators were present.”-See McCain vs Obama on Marriage Amendment in California, Marriage Amendment/African-Americans were determining factor for Bush in 2004? Is this why liberal media silent about this issue? and Obamas' Divisive Faith Based Initiative/Update on NM Photography case/www.BoycottMcDonalds.com/Arizona Marriage Amendment and McCain and Order a FREE Marriage Protection Kit.
Arizona Ballot Measure Would Limit Ballot Measures-"Proponents of a ballot measure to restrict ballot measures call it a financial necessity. Opponents say it would deliver a near-crippling blow to a form of direct democracy that Arizona has used since it became a state. Under the proposition on the Nov. 4 ballot, no initiatives that raise taxes or require new spending could take effect unless they're approved by a majority of registered voters. That presents a much higher hurdle than the current requirement -- that an initiative get approval from a majority of voters actually casting ballots. And it's one that legislative analysts say no Arizona initiative in the past decade would have cleared. A national expert on initiatives and referendums said the Arizona measure would cut down the approval rate and probably even discourage some activists from launching initiative campaigns in the first place. "Voters get fewer choices," said John Matsusaka, a professor of business and law at the University of Southern California. Other states with November ballot measures on their initiative process include Colorado, Ohio and Wyoming. The Colorado measure is the most sweeping, with changes that include making it easier to get a statutory change on the ballot and harder for a constitutional change. In Arizona, supporters contend a change is needed to rein in an expanding state government that is burdening the public and businesses with higher taxes and spending mandates, such as the new state minimum wage approved by voters in 2006. Special interests promote ballot measures, many aiming for low-turnout elections that attract fewer voters, to further their own nests, said Jason LeVecke, a fast-foot restaurant franchisee who has contributed $1.2 million to the campaign for the proposition, which supporters have dubbed "Majority Rule -- Let the People Decide." "You can't engineer the system to your advantage. That's what's going on with these groups who only care about their piece of the pie. This is tough medicine, admittedly, but something we desperately need," he said. Opponents say the change would handcuff citizens who need initiatives to maneuver around lawmakers who won't tackle pressing problems, such as health care funding. "It takes away a critical component of democracy," said John Wright, president of the Arizona Education Association."
