Hecklers have been harassing volunteers collecting signatures for the Stop Voucher Expansion petitions at libraries & business locations. They carry signs that say “Decline to Sign.”
“I never in all the years that we have been working on initiative campaigns have we ever seen a coordinated effort like this. We usually see it in lawsuits after being successful,” said Tamar Rala Kreiswirth of The AZ Ground Game (TAGG). So, who is behind the opposition to the Stop Universal Vouchers initiative?
The Goldwater Institute (which pays for the DeclineToSign.com website) and Betsy Devos’ group, the American Federation for Children (which pays for Power2Parents.org) have organized their harassers to:
Disrupt signature sites.
Call local businesses that have historically welcomed petition circulators.
Contact the Goldwater Institute and the American Federation for Children to provide the location of signature gatherers
Take photos if a petition is left unattended
Take photos of the petitions and to check to see that the petitions have the dates correct, have been checked by the volunteer and have the county names written on the page.
Please, please drive to a petition signing location this weekend to sign the petition. Why must we repeal this bill? The simple reason is that this will decimate our Public School system. How? Click here for more info.
We have until mid-September to sign. If we don’t stop this and the Voucher Expansion becomes law, it is basically the last step to undermining public education in our country. Arizona is the test site for this legislation.
From Save our Schools: “Tucson volunteers are hard at work to Stop Voucher Expansion — let’s help get them over the finish line!”
If you haven’t signed yet, there is no time to waste: we now have just 39 days to turn in 118,823 valid signatures and stop the wholesale dismantling of public education in Arizona.
Volunteers are adding more signing locations every day. Sign and return at the locations below, or find a hub near you at teamsosarizona.com
HB2853 was signed into law. We only have until mid-September to collect 118,823 signatures to put it on the November ballot. HB2853 is a universal school voucher expansion. If it isn’t stopped, it will be the first of its kind in the United States and the death knell for public education in Arizona. It will subsidize private school education including elite and religious schools. There are no constraints on who is eligible and little accountability or transparency.
Help us get the word out. Please post this petition event on your social media accounts and share with family, friends and neighbors. Take a petition to collect some signatures. Email jmmecc@gmail.com and we will get you everything you need.
HB2853 was signed into law. We only have until mid-September to collect 118,823 signatures to put it on the November ballot. HB2853 is a universal school voucher expansion. If it isn’t stopped, it will be the first of its kind in the United States and the death knell for public education in Arizona. It will subsidize private school education including elite and religious schools. There are no constraints on who is eligible and little accountability or transparency.
Help us get the word out. Please post this petition event on your social media accounts and share with family, friends and neighbors. Take a petition to collect some signatures. Email jmmecc@gmail.com and we will get you everything you need.
HB2853 was signed into law. We only have until mid-September to collect 118,823 signatures to put it on the November ballot. HB2853 is a universal school voucher expansion. If it isn’t stopped, it will be the first of its kind in the United States and the death knell for public education in Arizona. It will subsidize private school education including elite and religious schools. There are no constraints on who is eligible and little accountability or transparency.
Help us get the word out. Please post this petition event on your social media accounts and share with family, friends and neighbors. Take a petition to collect some signatures. Email jmmecc@gmail.com and we will get you everything you need.
HB2853 was signed into law. We only have until mid-September to collect 118,823 signatures to put it on the November ballot. HB2853 is a universal school voucher expansion. If it isn’t stopped, it will be the first of its kind in the United States and the death knell for public education in Arizona. It will subsidize private school education including elite and religious schools. There are no constraints on who is eligible and little accountability or transparency.
Help us get the word out. Please post this petition event on your social media accounts and share with family, friends and neighbors. Take a petition to collect some signatures. Email jmmecc@gmail.com and we will get you everything you need.
HB2853 was signed into law. We only have until mid-September to collect 118,823 signatures to put it on the November ballot. HB2853 is a universal school voucher expansion. If it isn’t stopped, it will be the first of its kind in the United States and the death knell for public education in Arizona. It will subsidize private school education including elite and religious schools. There are no constraints on who is eligible and little accountability or transparency.
Help us get the word out. Please post this petition event on your social media accounts and share with family, friends and neighbors. Take a petition to collect some signatures. Email jmmecc@gmail.com and we will get you everything you need.
As you may already know, HB2853 was signed into law. This universal school voucher expansion program, if it isn’t stopped, will be the first of its kind in the United States and the death knell for public education in Arizona. It will subsidize private school education including elite and religious schools, and there are no constraints on who is eligible, with little accountability or transparency.
The group Save our Schools (SOS)is working to collect 118,823 signatures that will refer HB2853 back to the November ballot for voters to decide on whether to keep or remove this law. Signatures are due to the Secretary of State’s office (turned in all at once) by September 23rd. That means Pima volunteers will have until mid September to help collect signatures.
How you can help
Voters signing petitions back in March. Don’t worry, we are signing indoors right now!
The petition to refer HB2853 to the ballot is now available to sign and circulate at the PCDP office. We will not have regular office notary hours until after the August 2nd primary election, but signatures can be notarized by any notary in Arizona; it doesn’t have to be a volunteer notary with PCDP.
You cannot sign this petition online. It must be signed in person. You must be a registered voter to sign the petition. Any party affiliation can sign.
You must be eligible to be registered to vote in Arizona in order to circulate this petition as a volunteer.
Your signature may appear on a petition you circulate. If you are a notary, you cannot notarize a petition that you have already put your signature on.
The main point of contact for Save Our Schools in Southern Arizona is Christina Vazquez. Please call our office at (520) 326-3716 during our office hours to ask for Christina’s contact information.
