Prop. 200 still on Arizona ballot

Arizona voters will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they will have a say over an anti-illegal immigration measure that has qualified to go on the Nov. 2 ballot. A judge has refused to stop Maricopa County election officials from including the Protect Arizona Now measure on more than 1.4 million ballots they had already ordered for this year's general election. Judge Mark Armstrong of Maricopa County Superior Court said Tuesday  he had decided not to consider a request from the Service Employees International Union to halt ballot printing. But Armstrong will weigh in the next week whether Proposition 200 should go to voters. Armstrong hinted Tuesday that the issue could go to the state's Supreme Court for a final say. Thus it may not be known until right before early balloting begins whether votes cast for the measure should be counted. [more ]