PHOENIX — Arizona voters approved limits on photo radar cameras and grocery taxes and voted to label drug cartels as terrorist organizations, while rejecting a measure aimed at diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to unofficial results reported by Arizona’s Family.
All eight statewide measures were referred to the ballot by the Republican-led Legislature, according to KTAR News.
Proposition 142, which would have tightened restrictions on DEI programs in hiring, admissions and public universities, failed with about 60% voting no, Arizona’s Family reported.
Proposition 319, which bans new photo enforcement cameras such as speed and red-light cameras without voter approval, passed with 61%. Cities that already run cameras will need voter approval at the next election and every 10 years after that to keep them, according to the report.
A measure barring local governments from adopting or raising a grocery tax without voter approval, and capping it at 2%, passed with 61.3%. Proposition 317, designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations, passed with 57%.
Proposition 318, which expands the state’s ban on transgender girls in girls’ sports to private leagues and covers bathrooms and locker rooms, also passed, Arizona’s Family reported.
Three measures were too close to call early Wednesday. Proposition 144, requiring government-issued ID for all voters including mail voters, trailed with 53.3% voting no. Proposition 141, banning taxes based on vehicle miles traveled, held a narrow lead at 50.7% yes. Proposition 320, requiring large school districts to spend 60% of operating money on classroom instruction, trailed by 2.8 points as of 5 a.m.
Results remain unofficial as counties keep tallying ballots.
Sources: Arizona’s Family, KTAR News. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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