PHOENIX — Republican state senators voted Monday to let voters across Arizona decide how Tucson residents get to elect their city council.
SCR 1027, approved on a party-line vote, seeks to put a provision into the state constitution that says there are only two methods by which councils can be elected: either on at at-large basis or on a district basis. That second method could be used only if the voting is limited to those people who live in each individual district, or in Tucson's case, an individual ward.
Proponents say this ensures that each ward have a local representative but that they also be responsive to city-wide needs."We don't have fair elections," she said during earlier debate on the measure."Our council members are being voted for by voters that are far outside of their area of interest."Democrats outnumber Republicans on a city-wide basis by a margin of two to one.
The Arizona Supreme Court has repeatedly slapped down multiple efforts by the Republican-controlled legislature to tell Tucson how to run its elections. The justices said that's because of its constitutional status as a charter city. The measure that now goes to the full House actually would have an impact on not just Tucson, but on the state's more than 90 other cities and towns.
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