From now on, ballot measures that raise taxes in Arizona will need 60 percent of the vote to pass — not just a simple majority. That’s because Proposition 132 has officially passed, 51 percent to 49 percent.
Prop 132 was one of several ballot measures this year seeking to rein in direct democracy, and the results were mixed. Arizona also passed Proposition 129, which will require future ballot measures to stick to a single subject (in other words, no more “package deals”). But the state rejected Proposition 128, which would have allowed the legislature to repeal entire ballot measures if any part was struck down by a court of last resort.
And in Arkansas, the state failed to pass Issue 2, which would have raised the threshold for passing most ballot measures from a simple majority to 60 percent.