Dueling Arizona Ballot Measures Could Juice Voter Turnout

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

As abortion access advocates canvas the state gathering signatures to get a ballot initiative in front of voters, Republican lawmakers in Arizona advanced an immigration enforcement referendum of their own. Both are likely to drive turnout in November's election, though figuring out exactly who that benefits is complicated.

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0:49.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Usma Khalid. I cover the White House. I'm Sarah McCamalid I cover the White House. I'm Sarah
0:53.1	McCammon I cover the presidential campaign and I'm Ben Giles I cover the
0:57.1	campaign and Ben a big welcome to you I feel like listeners probably will
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1:04.5	you are now officially a part of our NPR politics team. Thank you so so happy to be
1:09.4	a part of this. We're glad to have you. Welcome Ben. Well today on the show we are going to head down to Arizona where you are because there are
1:16.1	competing forces at play with ballot initiatives there.
1:19.8	And you know, we often talk on the show about issues of immigration and abortion access, but
1:24.6	been there in your state of Arizona, it seems like these very issues will literally be on
1:30.5	the ballot for voters to decide on this November.
1:33.4	Tell us what's going on.
1:34.6	Right, well, the first one that we've been,
1:37.3	I think we've talked about before on this podcast,
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