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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Did you miss our first presentation on your 2026 ballot? It's not too late to get informed! You've got 3 more chances — sign up to attend one of our upcoming events at www.mobilize.us/cebv/

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎉The wait is over!🎉 🗳CEBV's 2026 Ballot Guide is here!!🗳 After months of research, we are excited to share our 2026 Ballot Guide, including all state propositions and judicial retentions! Go to azvoterguide.us to download graphics to share on social media & printable flyers!

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The budget has passed #AZLeg. Tomorrow is for ballot referrals and legislative fuckery. Stay tuned and be ready for quick action... and be prepared to go to the Capitol in person if you can.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#AZHouse has loaded up today's floor calendars with veto bait. Neal Carter is at the dais whining about lawmakers' voting pace (2+ mins/bill). "At this rate we'll be here well into tomorrow." Maybe they should try not shoving through so much garbage so quickly??

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

ICE shouldn't be on college campuses terrorizing students. Join the campus resistance: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Publishing a Letter to the Editor in the local paper is a great way to communicate with neighbors about what's going on in state & local govt. Want to write one of your own? CEBV's Linktree has the resources you need: linktr.ee/CEBV_LTE

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🚨 BAD BILL ALERT: HB2175 would make "political affiliation" and "political expression" legally protected classes that get tougher sentencing. This could drive selective enforcement, political persecution, even punishment for protests. Call your House reps to OPPOSE. Contact info: buff.ly/WRr1eqE

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Subscribe to the CEBV Weekly! It's free. You'll get top-notch analysis of the AZ Legislature, presented with humor, and action items so you never wonder how you can help change the madness. Don't believe us? Listen to Ann 👇 Click here to subscribe: buff.ly/cQldvBW

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Did you know a Republican committee chair threw a reporter out of an #AZLeg House committee last week for taking photos? The stated grounds: "decorum." When pressed, the answer boiled down to "never mind the Constitution, we can do what we want." #WeNeedANewLegislature

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#AZLeg is back in session and, uh, looks like House Republicans are ready to go insane and attack us all with an ax?? 👀 Stay updated on what they're up to & what you can do here: 👉 weekly.cebv.us

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🗣️ CALL TO ACTION: Police widow Julie Erfle is calling out Sen. John Kavanagh (R-3) for introducing a bill that disrespects victims. See her specific ask below, then contact Kavanagh: 602-926-5170 / jkavanagh@azleg.gov

A screenshot of a social media post from Julie Erfle, who says:
It seems Sen. Kavanaugh has had a change of heart. When my lawsuit first made headlines, Kavanaugh told reporters that the law didn't need to be changed, that I could just go to auction and buy the gun that killed Nick. No big deal. He's singing a much different tune now, and while I am glad he's feeling the heat, his bill--as currently written--is so narrow that it doesn't even apply to my case. Nor does it help people like the former officer I met a few weeks ago who was shot in the line of duty, nearly died, but is thankfully now physically recovered but still suffering with PTSD. Ditto for situations like the attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords.
Do we really think people who were shot, who still have the physical and emotional scars of their trauma should have to buy the weapon that nearly killed them at auction?? Or that cities should profit from those guns?
If Kavanaugh honestly respects victims, then he will work with the county attorney's office, which has already drafted language, and amend his bill. And if you'd like to encourage Mr. Kavanaugh to do so, feel free to send him an email: jkavanagh@azleg.gov

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Our weekly Sunday email is jam-full of events to join, actions to take, and ideas to jolt your thinking. Why is Arizona's budget like a tiny pizza? Who's breaking through the clamor? What unmet new friends are waiting for you to join them? buff.ly/hGPJH4o

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We've shunned Target, picketed Tesla, & canceled Disney--what's next? How about good for a change 🤩? ULTA BEAUTY has terminated selling through Target and is proudly standing by diversity, equity & inclusion because beauty is for everyone! buff.ly/rPCmWzz #UpliftGood

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Why do so many Americans not vote? Pride in civic action has declined, & participation is duty, not a triumphant, joyful opportunity. On election day, post your sticker or image of you excitedly going to vote? "Social proof" is a powerful tool to inspire others to do the same.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

San Francisco represents! Greetings from #NoKings Ocean Beach!

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Take on crypto corruption at a virtual rally with Chris Murphy and Tina Smith this Tuesday, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT. The Senate may soon take up a bill that’d enshrine crypto corruption and cement a massive giveaway to crypto billionaires. #NoKings @indivisible.org us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...?

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our privatized health care system is unaffordable for millions of working Arizonans, which the ACA helped to fix. Now billionaires think even that's too much. Remember what the govt shutdown is about: media outlets are "keeping score" without discussing the stakes: remember what we're fighting for!

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Even as Arizonans shatter energy usage records, using over 17,000 megawatts a day (!!), big corporations like Amazon want to blanket our state with their energy-guzzling data centers 🙅🏼‍♀️👎🏼🚫

A screenshot of a story from KJZZ News dated 8/8/2025 with the headline "Arizona utilities see peak demand records Wednesday and Thursday"

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

It's ironic to see the @tucsonagenda.bsky.social article on Project Blue's demise run with this AI-generated image when AI is what's driving data center proliferation. If we don't want data centers here, we must refuse to drive demand — ie, we must use far less AI. buff.ly/4FgVNpN

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Trump and federal Republicans' $1.1 billion cut to public broadcasting will hit stations in AZ tribal communities especially hard, leaving them scrambling to fill budget gaps — & perhaps turning some parts of rural AZ into media deserts. buff.ly/UrZe7Zb

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

DRAINING RESOURCES: With temps soaring, APS & SRP customers broke energy demand records this month. But data centers want to set up shop in AZ, & demand could triple if every data center that wants to build here is allowed to. #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis buff.ly/CItDOJc

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

"Climate change": How an unforeseen "crazy shift in the winds" & plummeting humidity drove the fire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#AZLeg Republicans balked at investments like the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. They refused to place even the most modest common-sense guardrails on AZ's runaway $1 billion universal voucher program. But flying cars? Sign them up. 🤦🏼‍♀️

A screenshot from Twitter reading: "It's exciting because we've got about ten different companies racing to the top, investing billions of dollars in flying cars."

ICYMI: Senator @DaveFarnsworth_ joined ABC 15 to discuss future developments after securing $2 million in the state budget for advanced air mobility infrastructure in Arizona. The screenshot contains a video which begins with a clip from the Jetsons.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

And then there's this guy 👇🏼 (#AZLeg Senate Majority Leader John Kavanagh) who says it doesn't matter because the only people losing coverage are people he doesn't care about

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

You have no idea how eagerly we have been awaiting this announcement. #AZLeg #SineDie

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

ANOTHER VETO: Gov. Hobbs just vetoed HB2610, which would automatically fire the entire board of any school district that goes into receivership and automatically dismiss its superintendent. Calls it “blatant legislative overreach.” 🎯 So glad we have a governor who will protect democracy!

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Big abuser vibes coming out of the House Appropriations Committee this morning. "I don't want to hurt you but you're making me / I wish I could stop." Making it clear House Republicans intend to hurt Arizonans if they don't get exactly what they want out of this year's budgeting process.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The names in green listed below just voted to give $500 million in taxpayer dollars to a private, for-profit billionaire. For shame. #HB2704 #AZLeg

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This does not bode well for state budget talks. The toddler in the checkout line has collapsed to the floor and is demanding a new toy.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This is America's plutocracy at work 👇 We invite you to ponder the message in this picture as the #AZLeg Senate poises itself to pass tax giveaway #HB2704, which gives $500 million of your hard-earned tax dollars to a private billionaire

a tweet from journalist Camryn Sanchez that reads, "It's time for the Diamondbacks bill. Weirdly, @MitziEpstein says she agrees with everything Hoffman said against the bill. Here's a neat photo I took at Chase Field of the legislators and lobbyists high fiving after playing softball against one another. Feels appropriate"

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🚨 STADIUM GIVEAWAY BILL MOVING! #HB2704 is in Senate Rules and Caucus today. This procedural step lines it up to get a full Senate vote tomorrow & then proceed to the governor's desk. Say NO to tax handouts for billionaires! Contact your senator TODAY: buff.ly/fdJRDpu

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

MISSING IN ACTION: Thanks to Rep. @SarahKLiguori for this list of important funding priorities missing from this year's negotiated #AZLeg budget. Contact your state reps & state senator to ask them to include these items 🧵

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

House Republicans plan to come to the floor to try to pass their own budget on Wednesday. It's DOA, of course. But apparently they have to go through the exercise of watching it go up in flames before they get serious about negotiating. 21 days before AZ shuts down. #AZLeg

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The #AZHouse announced today it's going on vacation until June 4. The deadline for them to pass a budget or shut down the state is June 30.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

NEW WEEKLY! Reaching a budget agreement with yourself is not as impressive as some Republican lawmakers seem to think it is... assuming it's even true. buff.ly/4qvaY6I

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

NO THANKS: Gov. Hobbs vetoes another 12 bills. Another 14 CEBV-opposed bills still sit on her desk; we're watching for more veto action tomorrow. buff.ly/AZjglnO

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

#HB2017 would require 3,957 new voting locations statewide & 27,000+ more poll workers. It would cost counties $10.8 million plus $31.5 million in equipment. Republican lawmakers are advancing an identical bill to bypass Gov. Hobbs' veto. buff.ly/pXgxMFi

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

It's raining vetoes at the Capitol 🎉 buff.ly/hmBYZah

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This veto letter on #AZLeg water inaction is 🔥! Hobbs calls out bills that "weaken rural groundwater protections or make pointless, trivial statutory changes" — then refers Republicans to her ongoing negotiations protecting rural groundwater.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Sunday 3/16 at 4 pm MST: Join CEBV on Zoom to welcome AZ AG Kris Mayes for our weekly Q&A! You'll hear about the state legislature from CEBV Policy Director Melinda Iyer and have the chance to submit questions. Pre-registration mandatory at cebvhh2025.

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

#AZLeg is trying to ban public schools from teaching "antisemitism" as people face deportation for using their 1st Amendment right to protest. Extremists are weaponizing their warped definitions to silence dissent. Speak out! Don't think they won't come for you next. #HB2867

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is only necessary because #AZLeg keeps cutting state taxes. Doing so just shifts the burden around, disrupting citizens' lives in the process. buff.ly/FSDRyFZ

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Do you subscribe to our weekly Substack newsletter? Join thousands of grateful volunteers & sign up today: buff.ly/4in0pIB

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚨 NEW bills not in this Weekly! These are NOT vetoable. Use #RTS to OPPOSE by Thurs AM 👇 HCR2025 requires a 60% supermajority vote on citizen's initiatives that amend the Constitution HCR2057 forces initiatives to have signatures from 10-15% of voters in each of 30 AZ districts

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In today's Weekly, our actions listed the "ag-to-urban" bill with last year's bill number. The right number is SB1161. 👎 Go forth and RTS accordingly!

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

It appears that Mr. Nguyen has had enough of his Senate seat mate. #AZLeg

screen shot of an Arizona Republic news article with headline reading: Mark Finchem's speeding ticket dismissed after GOP senator claims legislative immunity

screen shot of HCR2053, introduced by Rep. Quang Nguyen (R-LD1) which asks voters to amend the state Constitution to remove "all traffic violations" from privilege from arrest

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Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Congrats to sponsor @nancyforaz.bsky.social on HB2213 passing the House Education Committee! 🎉 This bill would fund universal school meals for all AZ students. Next step: the House Appropriations Committee. #SchoolMeals4All #FullBelliesBrightMinds

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