The ballot language for the TIME (Transportation and Infrastructure Moving Arizona's Economy) transportation initiative was rejected last week by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge on the grounds that the description of it was a partisan "editorial comment" rather than an unbiased summary.
The initiative would raise $42.6 billion for transportation and other projects by increasing the Arizona sales tax rate of 5.6% by 1% and raise the state mining severance tax from 2.5% to 3.5%.
The ballot language indicated the sales tax would increase 17.8% and the mining severance tax 40%, which the judge decided is misleading to voters.