Ariz. ruling: Immigration issue was out of bounds

Published January 17, 2013 9:05pm ET



PHOENIX (AP) — A legislative committee’s official analysis of a sales tax initiative on Arizona’s ballot went out of bounds by trying to inject the illegal immigration issue to sway voters against the measure, the state Supreme Court said Thursday.

The Supreme Court said the joint analysis of the House-Senate committee was supposed to be impartial, but several parts were misleading or impermissibly advocated against the proposal.

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