ACTION ALERT: Proposed State Legislation Makes Democracy Harder

This week at the State Capitol there are some serious threats to election access and the initiative process and we need your help to stop them!

In the House Elections Committee

HB 2616 would make it a crime to register people to vote as part of your job. This would criminalize everyone from organizers to librarians who register people to vote. Reach out to your Representatives and have your voice heard.

If you have Tuesday, February 19th free, please join AZAN for a “pack the room” event during the House Elections Committee (2 - 8 p.m.) to show the members how dangerous this attack on our democracy is. For more information, or to share with your networks, click HERE.

Or

Sign into the Request to Speak system at the State Legislature website. After clicking on Request to Speak and then New Request, fill out the form with HB2616 in the House Election Committee.  ** See complete directions below.

NOTE: You must be signed up for the Request to Speak system first, which might take a day or so. So sign up right away.

Meanwhile...

Sign this petition. 

Ballot Measure Attack

Also up on Tuesday is HCR 2005, which would place even more barriers on the citizen initiative process by preventing initiatives and referendum from making it onto the ballot if too few signatures are gathered in even one of the thirty legislative districts.

Note: This didn't come up on Request to Speak. But you can call in. 

Kelly Townsend (Chair)	LD 16	R	ktownsend@azleg.gov	602.926.3298
Frank Carroll (Vice-Chair)	LD 22	R	fcarroll@azleg.gov	602.926.3249
Shawnna Bolick	LD 20	R	sbolick@azleg.gov	602.926.3244
John Fillmore	LD 16	R	jfillmore@azleg.gov	602.926.3187
Jennifer Jermaine	LD 18	D	jjermaine@azleg.gov	602.926.5170
Warren Petersen	LD 12	R	wpetersen@azleg.gov	602.926.4136
Diego Rodriguez	LD 27	D	drodriguez@azleg.gov	602.926.3285
Athena Salman	LD 26	D	asalman@azleg.gov	602.926.4858
Raquel Teran	LD 30	D	rteran@azleg.gov	602.926.3308
Bob Thorpe	LD 6	R	bthorpe@azleg.gov	602.926.5219

In the Senate Judiciary Committee

SCR1023 is the exact same bill as HCR 2005 and will be heard at 9 a.m. on Thursday, February 21st. It would place even more barriers on the citizen initiative process by preventing initiatives and referendum from making it onto the ballot if too few signatures are gathered in even one of the thirty legislative districts. Reach out to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee or use the Request to Speak System to have your voice heard.

Eddie Farnsworth (Chair)	LD 12	R	efarnsworth@azleg.gov	602.965.5735
Rick Gray (Vice Chair)	LD 21	R	rgray@azleg.gov	602.965.5413
Sonny Borrelli	LD 5	R	sborrelli@azleg.gov	602.965.5051
Lupe Contreras	LD 19	D	lcontreras@azleg.gov	602.965.5284
Andrea Dalessandro	LD 2	D	adalessandro@azleg.gov	602.965.5342
Vince Leach	LD 11	R	vleach@azleg.gov	602.965.3106
Marin Quezada	LD 29	D	mquezada@azleg.gov	602.965.5911

Use the legislature's Request to Speak system to log in and voice your opinion on these bills. If you don't have a Request to Speak account yet, sign up for one here. 

- Arizona Advocacy Network and Foundation
http://www.azadvocacy.org/

**How to weigh in on Request to Speak online:

Sign in.

https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon

In the left column: click on Request to Speak.

In the left column: click on New Request

Fill in the form:

Click on House or Senate

Scroll down for the committee (House Election Committee or Senate Judiciary Committee)

In the Search Phrase box: fill in the bill number (HB2616 or SCR1023.)

Click on SEARCH

A rectangle box will pop up. Click the blue Add Request button to the right. 

At Request to Speak

Pick thumbs up or down (or neutral).

Indicate that you won't be speaking. (Unless you are speaking in-person at the Capitol.)

Leave a short comment for the public record (250 characters) 

SUBMIT. 

Thanks for participating in our democracy!