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Vote Yes on this bill if you want eligible homeowners to defer special assessments on their primary homes until sale or one year after death, keep the benefit for a surviving spouse, make optional partial payments, and reduce immediate housing cost burdens.
Organizations that support this bill may include senior and disability advocates, affordable housing nonprofits, homeowner associations, and anti-poverty groups seeking to help residents manage sudden infrastructure charges.
Vote No on this bill if you want special assessments paid on schedule without deferrals, to preserve steady cash flow for local projects, avoid added state oversight and interest accrual rules, and keep uniform payment requirements.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include municipal finance and public works groups, special assessment districts, and taxpayer associations concerned about delayed revenue, higher administrative costs, and repayment risk.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want prosecutors to charge conspiracy to riot without an overt act, classify riots as racketeering to allow stronger penalties and asset forfeiture, and expand riot crimes to cover group actions that cause property damage.
Organizations that support this bill may include statewide and local law enforcement associations, prosecutors' groups, chambers of commerce and business improvement districts, and victims' rights organizations.
Vote No on this bill if you want to reduce the risk of criminalizing protest planning, avoid applying racketeering tools to demonstrations, and keep felony liability focused on clear acts of violence rather than property damage.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties and free speech advocates, criminal defense and public defender organizations, protest and community organizing groups, and student or labor rights organizations.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want machines kept off the internet, sealed ports, strict chain-of-custody with signatures, two-party oversight of removable drives, nonstop public video of counting centers, stronger security and logging, and penalties to deter violations.
Organizations that support this bill may include election-integrity groups, cybersecurity professionals, good-government watchdogs, and community groups that want more transparent and secure elections.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new costs and staffing strain, limit risks from posting nonstop videos, keep flexibility for equipment and procedures, and prevent criminal charges for election workers who make mistakes under complex custody rules.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include county election offices, voting machine vendors, budget-minded local governments, and civil-liberties groups concerned about nonstop video and new criminal penalties.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want cities and towns to have the option to use ranked choice voting, end preliminary elections, elect winners with broader support, publish round‑by‑round results and data, and deliver voter education with state guidance.
Organizations that support this bill may include good‑government and voting‑rights groups, municipal reform advocates, civic tech nonprofits, and local coalitions seeking more representative elections.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current local voting methods and preliminary elections, avoid new ballot designs and tabulation rules, minimize administrative changes and potential costs, and prioritize simpler elections.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include groups favoring traditional plurality voting, some party committees or incumbency‑aligned organizations, and taxpayer watchdogs concerned about costs or complexity.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want deceased candidates removed from nonpartisan ballots, stop counting votes for them when ballots are already printed, elevate the third-place primary finisher to the general when possible, and treat the race as having no candidate if the only filer dies.
Organizations that support this bill may include county auditors and election administrators, good-government and election integrity groups, and civic organizations focused on clear, accurate ballots.
Vote No on this bill if you prefer to keep current procedures, want a special election or appointment instead of advancing a third-place candidate, or believe votes for deceased candidates should still be counted.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include ballot-access and civil liberties groups, political reform advocates who prefer special elections, and taxpayer watchdogs concerned about administrative changes.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to restore the Ocklawaha River, expand public access to rivers and springs, create grants for river towns, and launch job-creating economic programs in Marion and Putnam Counties.
Environmental and springs conservation groups, outdoor recreation and ecotourism businesses, local governments in Clay, Marion, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties, and fishing, paddling, and wildlife advocates may support this bill.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new state programs and costs, keep current river conditions and reservoir uses unchanged, and prevent potential construction disruptions or land-use changes tied to restoration.
Some reservoir-user groups, nearby property or marina owners concerned about access changes, fiscal conservatives wary of new spending, and industries worried about permitting or construction impacts may oppose this bill.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want vacation rentals with pools to add safety features, reduce drowning risks for guests and children, and allow the state to enforce compliance with fines or license suspensions.
Child safety and drowning-prevention groups, public health organizations, pediatric associations, first responders, and local governments focused on visitor safety may support this bill.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new mandates and costs on vacation rental owners, prefer voluntary guidelines over state penalties, or worry about added regulation of short-term rentals.
Vacation rental owners and managers, short-term rental platforms and trade groups, small business associations, and property rights advocates may oppose this bill due to new costs and penalties.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want a statewide rule requiring public schools to ban student use of smartphones and other wireless devices during class time, with clear enforcement, posted policies, and exceptions for medical needs, disabilities, school-issued tech, teacher-led lessons, and emergencies.
Organizations that support this bill may include parent-teacher groups, teachers’ unions and principals’ associations, child development and mental health nonprofits, digital wellness advocates, and public safety groups seeking fewer classroom distractions.
Vote No on this bill if you want schools to keep control over their own phone policies, allow more classroom use of personal devices, avoid a statewide mandate, and reduce the risk of conflicts or discipline issues from strict bans.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties and student rights groups, some disability advocates concerned about enforcement, education technology companies, and local control advocates who prefer district-by-district decisions.
Vote Yes if you want Arizona to ban sales of newly animal-tested cosmetics, push companies toward modern non-animal tests, create one statewide rule, and fine violators.
Animal welfare groups, cruelty-free consumer advocates, and cosmetics brands that already use non-animal methods may support this bill.
Vote No if you want to allow sales regardless of animal testing, avoid new fines and product limits, and keep local governments free to set their own rules.
Some large cosmetics manufacturers, industry trade groups, animal-testing laboratories, and local-control advocates may oppose this bill.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to prohibit gender transition procedures and referrals for minors, block public funding and Medicaid coverage, and allow enforcement actions and professional discipline for violations.
Organizations that support this bill may include social conservative groups, some religious and parental-rights organizations, and advocacy groups seeking to restrict medical transition for minors.
Vote No on this bill if you want families and doctors to retain discretion over gender-affirming care for minors, preserve access to puberty blockers and hormones where deemed appropriate, and avoid new funding bans and penalties.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include medical and mental health associations, civil liberties groups, and LGBTQ advocacy organizations concerned about restricting care.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to make it a felony to expose minors to drag show performances, require stricter age limits and ID checks at venues, and reduce all-ages events with gender-nonconforming performers.
Organizations that support this bill may include parents’ rights groups, social conservative and religious organizations, anti-obscenity advocates, and child-protection nonprofits seeking stricter limits on adult-themed performances around minors.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new felony penalties, keep broader access to all-ages performances, and prevent what opponents see as overbroad limits on artistic expression and LGBTQ events.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include LGBTQ advocacy groups, civil liberties and free speech organizations, arts and entertainment groups, and business associations concerned about criminal penalties and broad definitions affecting lawful expression.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to make it a misdemeanor to knowingly warn someone in real time about an imminent arrest, helping police finish arrests and reducing interference.
Organizations that support this bill may include law enforcement associations, prosecutors, and victims' rights groups that want fewer tip-offs during arrests.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new limits on speech and online posts, reduce the risk of charging bystanders or activists, and prevent chilling effects on community communications.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties groups, public defenders, and digital rights and media organizations concerned about free speech and overreach.