Arizona · November 3, 2026 general election
Statewide ballot measures: what your vote means
For each measure: the official ballot title, what a YES vote and a NO vote would do, and what would change, in plain language from official sources. SaveYourState does not take positions on ballot measures.
8 statewide measures are on the ballot. 1 has a “Heads up” note because a YES vote repeals, undoes, or removes something. Official sources checked October 26, 2026.
Proposition 141 · Constitutional amendment referred by the Legislature
Taxes, fees, and limits based on vehicle miles traveled
A YES vote means:
The Arizona Constitution would prohibit the state and local governments from taxing or charging fees based on miles driven, and from monitoring or limiting miles driven without the driver’s consent.
A NO vote means:
The current constitutional language on taxation stays as it is.
Proposition 142 · Constitutional amendment referred by the Legislature
Prohibition of preferential treatment and discrimination
A YES vote means:
The constitution’s existing ban on state preferential treatment or discrimination by race, ethnicity, or other classes would be expanded to prohibit requiring support for race-based preferences, funding public education positions that promote them, and race-based discipline practices.
A NO vote means:
The current constitutional prohibition stays as it is.
Proposition 144 · Constitutional amendment referred by the Legislature
Election requirements
A YES vote means:
All voters, including mail voters, would have to show government-issued ID in each election, and voters would get the option to have ballots tabulated at their voting location on election day. It would also ban foreign nationals from spending to influence Arizona elections and set a new court standard for reviewing election laws.
A NO vote means:
Current constitutional provisions on elections stay as they are.
Proposition 316 · Statute referred by the Legislature (cannot later be changed except by a three-fourths legislative vote that furthers its purpose, or by voters)
Local sales taxes on groceries
Heads up: voting YES on this measure is retroactive: it would prohibit local grocery-tax adoptions or increases made from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
A YES vote means:
Local governments could not adopt or raise a tax on groceries between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2027, applied retroactively; after that, new or higher grocery taxes would need voter approval and could not exceed 2%.
A NO vote means:
Current laws on local government taxation stay as they are.
Proposition 317 · Statute referred by the Legislature (cannot later be changed except by a three-fourths legislative vote that furthers its purpose, or by voters)
Drug cartels and the Arizona Department of Homeland Security
A YES vote means:
State law would declare drug cartels to be terrorist organizations and direct the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to do everything in its authority to address threats they pose.
A NO vote means:
Current laws on terrorism and the Arizona Department of Homeland Security stay as they are.
Proposition 318 · Statute referred by the Legislature (cannot later be changed except by a three-fourths legislative vote that furthers its purpose, or by voters)
Student athletics and private spaces
A YES vote means:
Private schools, public schools, and athletic associations would have to designate every team male, female, or coed by sex recorded at birth and keep males off female teams; schools could not let anyone use athletic private spaces such as restrooms not designated for their sex.
A NO vote means:
Current laws on student athletics stay as they are; today the team-designation rule applies only to public schools and those competing against them.
Proposition 319 · Statute referred by the Legislature (cannot later be changed except by a three-fourths legislative vote that furthers its purpose, or by voters)
Photo enforcement systems
A YES vote means:
State agencies and local governments could not use traffic photo enforcement unless they have a contract by December 31, 2026, and local governments would need voter approval at the next general election, and every 10 years after, to keep using it.
A NO vote means:
Current laws on photo enforcement systems stay as they are.
Proposition 320 · Statute referred by the Legislature (cannot later be changed except by a three-fourths legislative vote that furthers its purpose, or by voters)
School district budgets and instructional spending
A YES vote means:
School districts with 7,500 or more students, or operating in a county of 500,000 or more people, would have to spend at least 60% of operational spending on direct instruction, as defined by the Auditor General.
A NO vote means:
Current laws on school district budgets stay as they are.
All eight statewide propositions in the 2026 Publicity Pamphlet. YES/NO explanations follow the official ballot format statements (“A yes vote shall have the effect of…”). All eight were referred by the Legislature; Arizona law (A.R.S. § 19-123(E)) requires a Joint Legislative Budget Committee fiscal summary only for citizen initiatives, so no official fiscal impact statements were published. Argument summaries are short neutral summaries of the main themes in the “For” and “Against” arguments printed in the 2026 Publicity Pamphlet. The pamphlet prints every argument filed, written by the filers themselves; the Secretary of State takes no position on any measure. Because azsos.gov blocks automated access, the pamphlet was read from the identical English copy posted by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission; page numbers match the Secretary of State’s PDF.