Election Guidance & Links
Voters do well to educate themselves about many candidates and issues. But it's understandably difficult to know the best choice for every contest on the ballot. ​
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DO NOT BE FOOLED by the booklet that just came out saying there were no arguments against the Props/bonds and overrides for Chandler. It was not advertised well, AND they charged $150 for citizens to submit their opinions.
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VOTE NO ON CUSD AND CITY OF CHANDLER BONDS and OVERRIDES:
• CUSD school budget is already fully funded through local, state, federal and property taxes, in addition to a current 30-year bond and 7-year override. This new request is excessive and unnecessary!
• We DO NOT need bonds to build new schools, renovations, HVAC systems, roofs or parking lots. The AZ Dept. of Administration Schools Facility Division already exists to fund our schools with tax-payer funds for these projects.
• Why should the tax-payers pay more taxes since CUSD is suffering a large decrease in student enrollment.
• ALL bonds and overrides raise our property taxes, monthly mortgage payments and make Chandler homes harder to sell.
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VOTE NO ON CHANDLER PROP 410: Term Limits for Councilmembers and Mayor. Just the name of this proposition and the way it is being advertised is VERY DECEPTIVE. In actuality, Prop 410 actually allows these elected officials MORE than 16 years of service. The only caveat is that they must “take a break of 4 years”. It also states that terms less than 4 years (e.g. appointment) are not considered in the counted towards term limits. Therefore, a candidate can be in office for life if they take a break every 4 years.
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Keep Chandler Term Limits https://www.citizensforchandler.com/
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AZ Free News: Prop 410 campaign is filled with deception
VOTE NO ON PROP 411: City Manager Appointment and Removal*Allows the City Manager severance pay if they are removed. If have to be removed, obviously they were not fulfilling their obligation to the citizens of Chandler. Why guarantee them any pay? It also gives the council members the opportunity to hire and fire without cause, meaning the Manager may be swayed by members of the Council for personal reasons.
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VOTE NO ON PROP 409: ValleyWise Health System (Maricopa County Hospital) is a failing, financial burden that is ever-expanding and requiring more and more tax dollars to keep it afloat. While our property taxes go up and up, ValleyWise is shielded from income taxes and the CEO and his executives make millions off the tax payers!
Over the past 50 years, the stand-alone PHX Hospital has expanded into an unrecognizable, comprehensive health care system that includes not only emergency services, but also provides our tax dollars for non-emergency health care services for controversial programs such as Refugee/Immigrant Centers and gender-changing hormones for children.
The original intent of the tax-payer funded project was to provide emergency services to people who otherwise could not afford them. The creation of AHCCCS in 1982 solved the need for tax-payer, subsidized health care because it provides insurance to all the uninsured, allowing them to receive services from virtually any provider in the state.
Maricopa tax-payers need to VOTE NO on PROP409 to stop fueling the expansion of this mismanaged, government run system and to send a clear message to the ValleyWise Board Members that we are no longer willing to levy our homes for their ever-expanding greed.
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Your Vote is Your Voice!
Service Arizona and AZ MVD provide a portal for online voter registration. This link opens at language selection. Simply follow the prompts to register to vote. If you need assistance, please contact our 3rd Vice Chair.
Locate your Voting Precinct
To locate your Voting Precinct, enter the required information on this page. The results information does not insure you are registered to vote but will show Congressional, Legislative, School districts and other information.
Interactive Election Maps
MC Recorders Office Elections Department interactive map to locate your districts on a map. Begin by changing the LAYERS to display the desired districts you wish to see. Congressional, Legislative, Supervisory, Schools and even Zip-codes can be displayed on this map.
Influence City Leaders
This link will take you to the City Government page where you'll find useful information about the cities elected officials, city management and municipal departments. If you have an issue you'd like to discuss, you can contact Mayor and all of the City Council using this email: mayorandcouncil@chandleraz.gov. response.
Influence Town Leaders
This link takes you to the Mayor and Town Council page where you'll find all the information about those elected members of the Town government. There you'll find the agendas and minutes of prior meetings. And if you wish, you may email them all at:
Arizona Candidates are required to obtain a minimum number of signatures to have their names appear on the ballot. Voters that wish to support candidates can sign a petition using the E-Qual system. No more signing those candidate petition forms, IF you even see someone collecting signatures for your candidate!
Also, Did you know that online signatures through Equal can't be challenged like paper petitions? CLICK HERE!