Arizona voters face Proposition 317 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, a legislatively referred measure that would declare drug cartels terrorist organizations under state law and direct the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to use its full authority against associated threats including human smuggling and drug trafficking. The Republican-controlled legislature advanced the proposal along party lines in 2025 after earlier vetoes, building on voter approval of the 2024 border enforcement measure. Opposition from Democratic lawmakers, the ACLU of Arizona, and civic groups centers on the measure’s broad definitions of cartels and threats, which critics argue could affect low-level offenders or asylum processes. The narrow trader consensus around 50 percent reflects Arizona’s status as a border state with ongoing fentanyl and trafficking concerns alongside partisan divides over the practical reach of a state-level terrorism designation.