By the end of the day on August 12, probably all the briefs will have been filed in the Arizona State Court of Appeals, in City of Tucson v State of Arizona, 2ca-cv-2101-0083. This is the case on whether the Arizona State Constitution protects the ability of a city to decide for itself whether to use partisan or non-partisan elections.
Tucson has partisan city elections, and the voters in recent years have voted to continue using partisan elections for city office. But the state legislature passed a bill in 2009 requiring all cities to use non-partisan elections. It is somewhat likely that the Court of Appeals will hold arguments in this case in September or October 2010.
Tucson, also elects its city council members by wards, with the primary limited to party voters in the ward, while the general election is decided by city voters. This is also at issue in the case
Nashville and ‘Noxville’
Los Angeles and Frisco
Kansas City and Saint Louis
It is difficult to put into words, having done military service at both Luke and Davis Monthan, the bitterness between the two areas of Pima County and Maricopa County.
I believe that Tucson is the only Arizona city that still has partisan municipal elections.
Tucson is predominantly Democratic, while the state legislature is Republican-controlled.
How many local regimes are independent election law empires ???
OR — how evil stupid are some State regimes ???
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