An effort to get a referendum on a Gilbert special election ballot moved one step further, as referendum petitions with 990 signatures eligible for verification were forwarded to the Maricopa County Clerk on Friday, following a review by the town clerk.

A Tucson group filed suit Tuesday challenging a legislative referendum that would eliminate methamphetamine users from Arizona’s threestrikes drug law.

A Tucson group filed suit Tuesday challenging a legislative referendum that would eliminate methamphetamine users from Arizona’s threestrikes drug law.

The Gilbert Town Council will hold a closed executive session 7 p.m. Thursday at the Gilbert Municipal Center, 50 E. Civic Center Drive, regarding three petitions filed with the town last week seeking a voter referendum on three tax changes recently adopted by the council.

A judge has thrown out a Scottsdale referendum that looked to overturn dust-control measures, the second time the court tossed an issue from the city's Sept. 2 election ballot.

Two downtown Scottsdale-area residents are spearheading a referendum effort against the Hanover project in the hope of overturning the City Council's approval of the downtown five-story apartment building.

The race to collect signatures to halt a downtown Scottsdale apartment building has intensified with allegations of intimidation, police calls and a council member calling for civility.

Residents of a southeast Mesa neighborhood have successfully placed a referendum on the 2008 spring ballot that aims to block a developer from building an industrial park near their homes, according to city election officials.

Residents of Queens Park are continuing a battle to keep the rural neighborhood in east Mesa from being industrialized by signing a referendum petition that would take the issue to the ballot.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce urged the Town Council in a joint meeting Tuesday to deflect future recalls or referendums.

Vestar Development is gearing up to fight a referendum aimed at ending a taxincentive agreement between the developer and Gilbert. The special election is Nov. 6.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he will call a national referendum on accepting a Palestinian state alongside Israel if Hamas does not agree to the idea within 10 days.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis voted Saturday to give a "yes" or "no" to a constitution that would define democracy in Iraq, a country once ruled by Saddam Hussein and now sharply divided among its Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish communities.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's parliament voted Wednesday to reverse last-minute changes to rules for next week's referendum on a new constitution after the United Nations said they were unfair.

July 7, 2004

Developer J.F. McKinney is funding a resident’s lawsuit against the Chandler city clerk for allegedly accepting late petitions to put his council-approved mid-rise before voters.