An effort to send Arizona’s massive new school voucher expansion to voters has fallen short.Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said in a tweet Friday morning that the petition from Save our Schools Arizona would not meet the minimum requirement of 118,823 signatures.At a protest at the state Capitol on Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey called on Hobbs to expedite the count.
On Friday, volunteers with Save Our Schools Arizona turned in their petitions, in an effort to refer a universal school voucher bill to the ballot, but questions remain about whether they collected enough signatures to get it done.Volunteers needed about 119,000 signatures to block a bill that makes every Arizona student eligible for state funds to attend a private or
Earlier this summer, the Arizona Legislature passed a universal school voucher expansion bill. Now, members of Save Our Schools Arizona are trying to refer the measure to the ballot to give voters the last word. When House Bill 2853 passed in June, Beth Lewis and other public school advocates were outraged.