Error may keep Ariz. sales tax measure off ballot

Published June 20, 2012 8:58pm ET



PHOENIX (AP) — A proposed initiative that would impose a 1-cent sales tax increase for education, health care and other state services could be kept off the ballot in November because of a clerical error.

Organizers of the Quality Education and Jobs campaign said Wednesday the copy filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s office is missing text that appears on petitions that were circulated to voters. According to Arizona law, the filing posted by the secretary of state must be the same as the filing issued to the public.

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