Vote the Whole Ballot: A Lutheran Guide to Arizona’s Propositions
LAMA Releases Its 2026 Arizona Voter Guide
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona has released its 2026 Voter Guide, offering a nonpartisan, faith-based analysis of the eight statewide measures appearing on Arizona ballots this fall. Arizona voters—and congregations supporting informed civic engagement—are encouraged to download, read, and share the guide.
Download LAMA’s 2026 Voter Guide
Three of this year’s measures are proposed amendments to the Arizona Constitution, while five were referred to voters by the state Legislature. Though ballot descriptions may be brief, the consequences can be long-lasting for our neighbors, schools, communities, and shared public life.
LAMA’s guide helps voters look beyond campaign slogans and consider each measure through the lens of Lutheran public witness. Its recommendations are not based on political parties. The LAMA Policy Committee adopted positions only where a measure connected clearly with its 2026 policy priorities and ELCA social teaching.
Those priorities include food insecurity; civic engagement and racial, gender, and economic justice; public schools; health care; and housing and homelessness.
LAMA’s recommendations
After reviewing all eight propositions, LAMA recommends voting no on four measures:
Proposition 142: Government preferential treatment and DEI restrictions
Proposition 144: Voting, voter identification, and election administration
Proposition 318: School athletics and sex-based facilities
Proposition 320: School-district instructional spending
LAMA takes no position on four measures:
Proposition 141: Vehicle-mileage taxes and monitoring
Proposition 316: Municipal taxes on food for home consumption
Proposition 317: Drug cartels as terrorist organizations
Proposition 319: Photo-enforcement systems
The complete guide explains what a “yes” or “no” vote would mean for each measure, identifies the competing concerns involved, and provides the Lutheran principles informing LAMA’s conclusions.
Voting as care for our neighbors
The ELCA teaches that civic participation is one way Christians take responsibility for the well-being of all. Lutheran public witness begins with the conviction that every person possesses God-given dignity. It calls us to pay particular attention to people experiencing poverty, exclusion, or limited access to power.
As voters discern these measures, LAMA encourages questions rooted in love of neighbor: Who benefits? Who may be harmed? Does this proposal protect people who are vulnerable? Does it strengthen human dignity, fair civic participation, public education, and the common good?
LAMA offers the guide as a tool for faithful discernment, not as a substitute for careful study or individual conscience. Voters are encouraged to read each measure fully and consider the perspectives of others.
Vote all the way down the ballot
Ballot propositions shape public policy directly, yet they are often found near the end of a lengthy ballot. LAMA urges Arizona voters not to overlook them.
Download the guide, discuss it in your congregation and community, and share it with interested friends, relatives, and neighbors. The printable guide is formatted for 8.5-by-14-inch legal-size paper. A Spanish-language edition is coming soon.
Read the full introduction and access LAMA’s election resources.
Vote faithfully. Vote thoughtfully. Vote for the well-being of all.
