Challenge to Proposition 200 measure loses 1st round in court
Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 06:11PM
TheSpook
Secretary of State Jan Brewer is not responsible
for independently determining the qualifications of petition
circulators who gathered signatures for an immigration initiative, a
judge ruled Wednesday. Despite the ruling, the future of the initiative
that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and proof
of immigration status to apply for certain government services remains
unclear. Though the measure will appear on the Nov. 2 general election
ballot, the Service Employees International Union is still asking
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Mark Armstrong to throw out
Proposition 200. The 1.6 million-member union still contends that the
proposition was illegally put on the ballot because the description on
initiative petitions was inadequate and incorrect. [more ]
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