Arizona Propositions 2026: The 8 Measures on the Nov. 3 Ballot, What They Do, and Arizona's Early Voting Rules

Arizona voters will decide eight statewide propositions on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, all sent to the ballot by the Legislature. Three would amend the state constitution and five would change state law. No citizen initiative qualified this year, and courts struck two other legislative referrals over the summer, according to the Secretary of State’s final ballot language and reporting by Axios Phoenix.

The eight propositions

Prop.	Type	What it would do
141	Constitutional amendment	Bar state and local governments from taxes or fees based on miles a vehicle travels, and limit monitoring of mileage without the owner’s consent
142	Constitutional amendment	Bar government bodies, including public schools and universities, from giving preferential treatment based on race or ethnicity, restricting certain diversity programs
144	Constitutional amendment	State that only citizens may register and vote, bar foreign contributions to influence elections, require government-issued ID to vote and guarantee tabulation at the voting location
316	Statute	Bar cities and towns from imposing or raising grocery taxes without voter approval, and cap the rate at 2%
317	Statute	Designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations under Arizona law
318	Statute	Require school restrooms, locker rooms and showers to be used according to the sex recorded at birth, and strengthen limits on transgender athletes on single-sex teams
319	Statute	Ban photo radar traffic enforcement by state and local governments; existing contracts could continue only with voter approval
320	Statute	Require school districts in the largest counties, or with at least 7,500 students, to spend at least 60% of operating budgets on direct instruction

A yes vote enacts each change; a no vote leaves current law in place. Because the Legislature referred all eight, they cannot be vetoed by the governor, and a measure that passes can only be changed later under Arizona’s voter-protection rules. The official publicity pamphlet mailed to every household includes the full text, legislative analysis and arguments for and against.

Numbers that start with 1 are constitutional amendments; numbers in the 300s are statutes. The gaps in the numbering come from measures that were removed or did not qualify.

Statewide races

• Governor and lieutenant governor, elected for the first time as a joint ticket under a 2022 voter-approved change that created the lieutenant governor’s office.
• Secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction and state mine inspector.
• Corporation Commission, two seats.
• Judicial retention: voters decide whether to keep Arizona Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges and, in larger counties, Superior Court judges. The Commission on Judicial Performance Review publishes its evaluations online.

There is no U.S. Senate race in Arizona in 2026. All nine U.S. House seats and the Legislature are on the ballot. Your sample ballot from the county lists the certified candidates.

Key dates

Date	What
Oct. 5	Registration deadline (passed); Arizona has no same-day registration
Wed., Oct. 7	Early voting began and early ballots were mailed
Fri., Oct. 23	Last day to request an early ballot by mail
Fri., Oct. 30, 7 p.m.	End of in-person early voting
Tue., Nov. 3, 6 a.m.-7 p.m.	Election Day; early ballots must be received by 7 p.m.

Arizona counts an early ballot only if it arrives by 7 p.m. on Election Day; a postmark is not enough. Mail it by about Oct. 27, or drop it off at a voting location or drop box. Sign the affidavit on the envelope, since the county checks that signature against your voter record and will contact you if it is missing or does not match. Arizona stays on Mountain Standard Time all year, so its 7 p.m. closing is 9 p.m. Eastern.

ID at the polls

Arizona requires identification to vote in person, in one of three ways: one valid photo ID with your name and address, such as an Arizona driver license, a non-operating ID or a tribal ID; two documents without a photo that show your name and address, such as a recent utility bill, a bank statement or a vehicle registration; or a photo ID plus one of those documents, for example a U.S. passport, which has no address, with a utility bill.

More election guides

California also has a long list of measures this year; see our guide to California’s 14 propositions. For every state’s rules, see mail ballot deadlines by state, and to look up your exact ballot by address, use our sample ballot guide. Print the Arizona checklist below and mark the dates on our October and November printable calendars or a weekly planner.