Arizona Supreme Court keeps voting rights measure off ballot

By BOB CHRISTIE
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says a voter initiative rolling back Republican-backed election law changes and expanding voting access will not appear on the November ballot. The ruling issued Friday ends a week of on-again off-again court rulings. The high court upheld a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling that rejected thousands of signatures and concluded the initiative was about 1,500 signatures short of the 238,000 required to qualify. The Free and Fair Elections measure south to change a slew of election laws. It would have specifically blocked the Legislature from overturning the results of presidential elections, an avenue some Republicans explored after former President Donald Trump’s loss in the state in 2020.