RTFA: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/art…

Conning voters has always been a part of Arizona’s initiative process. But that could end in November.

If the folks behind Proposition 105 have their way, this could be the last election in which special interests use the initiative process to fool voters. In order for that to happen, however, the special interests will have to fool you into voting for Proposition 105.

Step 1 in that process was creating a deceptive title for their proposition, which they did.

They call it “Majority Rule – Let the People Decide Act.”

We’re Americans. Who among us is going to vote against majority rule? You. If you fall for this scam.

Proposition 105 says that if a ballot initiative “establishes, imposes or raises a tax, fee, or other revenue, or mandates a spending obligation . . . ” that it must be approved by a “majority of qualified electors registered to vote.”

Not a majority of people who actually vote, but a majority of those who are registered to vote. In other words, all of those men and women who don’t show up to the polls or don’t file early ballots will be counted as “no” votes.

“It seems strange to those of us who oppose this measure that anyone would want to reward apathy,” said Todd Sanders of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. “We think that elections are about participation. Failing to show up shouldn’t count as a yes or a no.”

Given that voter turnout typically hangs around 30% … this is a downright nefarious method of defeating citizen-sparked initiatives.