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But “it is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes.”

(courts do not “rewrite statutes”).

(concluding that “it is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes”).

Orca Commc’ns Unlimited, (“It is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes.” ()).

(internal citation omitted) (“[T]he courts [do not] rewrite statutes.”).

See City of 8 (“[I]t is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes.”).

v. Butler, (“[I]t is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes.”).

Although we typically presume that voters know the law of the state, that presumption is defeated where, as here, the voters were affirmatively led to believe that express repeals would be accomplished with strikethrough text in their ballot materials.

(“The choice of the appropriate wording rests with the Legislature, and the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”).

Orca Commc’ns Unlimited, ¶ 11 (2014) (“The choice of the appropriate wording rests with the Legislature, and the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”) ().

v. Butler, (explaining that the average voter may still be able to understand the intended meaning of words even if “[t]he choice of words to be used on a ballot might be clearer”).

See Ariz. Const. art. III (Arizona's separation of powers); cf. City of Phoenix v. Butler , , 162, , 1182 (1973) (citation omitted) ("[I]t is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes.

Just as we cannot rewrite statutes to smooth their rough edges, see, so may we not rewrite proposed initiatives to arrest unintended consequences.

(“[I]t is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes.”).

v. Butler, (explaining that the choice of appropriate wording rests with the legislature).

(“[Cjourts cannot salvage statutes by rewriting them because doing so would invade the legislature’s domain.”); , (courts do not “rewrite statutes,” rather it is for legislature to determine “the appropriate wording” of a statute and “the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature”).

“It is not the function of the courts to rewrite statutes,” Orca Commc’ns Unlimited, ¶ 11, ( ), and we decline to do so here.

(“The choice of the appropriate wording rests with the Legislature, and the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”) (citation omitted); (“A well established rule of statutory construction provides that the

The choice of the appropriate wording rests with the Legislature, and the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.” (citation omitted).

Rather, “[t]he choice of appropriate wording rests with the Legislature.”

(citation omitted) (“The choice of the appropriate wording rests with the Legislature, and the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”); see also U.S. Parking Sys.

The choice of the appropriate wording rests with the Legislature, and the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.” , (citation omitted).