JAIME A MOLERA et al v KATIE HOBBS et al
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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA JAIME A. MOLERA, an individual and qualified elector; ARIZONANS FOR GREAT SCHOOLS AND A STRONG ECONOMY, a political action committee, ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs/Appellees, ) ) v. ) ) KATIE HOBBS, in her official ) capacity as Arizona Secretary of ) State; INVEST IN EDUCATION ) (SPONSORED BY AEA AND STAND FOR ) CHILDREN), a political action ) committee, ) ) Defendants/Appellants. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-20-0213-AP/EL Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2020-007964 FILED 08/19/2020 O R D E R The Court en banc has considered the briefs and authorities in this expedited election appeal concerning the “Invest in Education Act” ballot ballot initiative, measure I-31-2020. The that 100-word finding the trial court enjoined description the did not accurately describe the proposition under A.R.S. § 19-102(A). Upon consideration, description the did Court not create unanimously a finds significant that danger the of 100-word confusion or unfairness and reverses the trial court ruling. The compensation Court also structure unanimously and incentives finds that presented evidence at trial of the did not warrant the invalidation of the circulators’ petitions under A.R.S. § 19-118.01 and affirms challenge. Therefore, the trial court ruling rejecting this Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-20-0213-AP/EL Page 2 of 3 IT IS ORDERED reversing in part and affirming in part. The Secretary of State will proceed under Title 19, Arizona Revised Statutes, to include the Invest in Education ballot initiative in the general election publicity pamphlet and to place it on the general election ballot. A written opinion will follow. DATED this 19th day of August, 2020. _______/s/_________________ ROBERT BRUTINEL Chief Justice Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-20-0213-AP/EL Page 3 of 3 TO: Dominic Emil Draye Brett William Johnson Eric H Spencer Colin P Ahler Kara Karlson Dustin D Romney Roopali H Desai D Andrew Gaona Marvin C Ruth Kristen M Yost Hon. Christopher A Coury Hon. Jeff Fine J Grant Woods Michael E Riikola Rhonda L Barnes Jane Ahern Lisette Flores Oscar S Lizardi Rebecca K O'Brien Erin Adele Scharff Roy Herrera Daniel A Arellano Jillian Andrews Shawn K Aiken Paul F Eckstein Daniel C Barr Austin Yost Margo R. Casselman Daniel J Adelman Timothy Sandefur Christina Sandefur Mary R O'Grady Joshua David Rothenberg Bendor Emma Cone-Roddy Lisa T Hauser Kory A Langhofer Kraig J Marton Jeffrey A Silence Patricia E Ronan Christopher Houk
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