What Arizona voters should know about 8 propositions

Arizona voters will decide eight ballot measures this November, including proposals involving election rules, school spending, grocery taxes, vehicle-mileage taxes and state policies on race-based programs. The Republican-controlled Legislature referred all eight measures to the ballot rather than using the citizen initiative process.

Legislative referrals go directly to voters without requiring approval from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. Each proposition becomes law if it receives majority support.

Vehicle-mileage taxes

Proposition 141 would prohibit Arizona from imposing taxes based on the number of miles a vehicle travels. Lawmakers approved the proposal in 2025 as Senate Concurrent Resolution 1004.

The measure also would prohibit laws requiring a vehicle’s mileage to be tracked without the owner’s consent. Certain commercial vehicles and government-owned vehicles would be exempt from that restriction.

The proposal asks voters to decide whether to block this type of tax before Arizona adopts one. Its direct economic question is whether state law should rule out mileage-based taxation as a future revenue option.

Rules for schools and public agencies

Proposition 142 would expand Arizona’s existing prohibition on affirmative action. Voters approved the current policy in 2010, barring state government and public colleges from considering race, ethnicity or gender.

The new proposal would prohibit schools and government agencies from requiring students or employees to endorse preferential treatment based on race. It also would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion training in schools and public agencies.

Conduct covered by the measure would include requiring a student or job applicant to sign a statement supporting race-based diversity, equity and inclusion policies. It also would prevent a government agency from spending public money on race-based diversity, equity and inclusion training.

Before voting

The Arizona secretary of state’s website publishes the full descriptions of the propositions and arguments submitted for and against each measure. Those materials allow voters to compare the legal text with the summaries and advocacy statements before casting a ballot.