On April 18, the Arizona legislature passed SCR 1025, which puts the “Stop Public Money for Political Candidates’ Campaigns Act” ballot measure on the November 2012 ballot. If passed, the Arizona Constitution would be changed to say that no public money could be used for public funding, which, of course, would end the program. Currently, money for campaigns for state office is raised from surcharges on traffic violations and other fines.

The bill had passed the Senate on February 28, and the House on April 14, but the House had amended it, so it had to return to the Senate, which approved the amendments on April 18. Thanks to ElectionLaw@moritz for this news.