PHOENIX — Supporters of the Empowerment Scholarship Account program declared victory Monday in blocking a reform initiative from going to the ballot.
A trial judge concluded that, based on a check of petitions and a random sampling of signatures, Proposition 212 will fall about 10,000 short of the 255,949 valid signatures needed to take the issue to voters.
Only thing is, the Arizona Supreme Court has yet to issue a final ruling on whether Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David McDowell used the right methodology in reaching his decision. And supporters of the Protect Education Now Act which proposes various reforms to the 15-year-old program, said any claims that the measure is dead are premature.
