Arkansas Advocate: Signatures submitted for ballot measure on initiative process
More than 108,000 signatures being reviewed to determine if measure can make November ballot
Tag: Arkansas direct democracy
Arkansas Advocate: Ballot measure groups remain optimistic ahead of petition deadline
3 constitutional amendment proposals need thousands of signatures by July 3
Arkansas Advocate: Judge blocks state law increasing signature requirement for ballot measures
An Arkansas judge on Thursday blocked implementation of a 2023 state law that increased the signature requirements for measures to qualify for the ballot
Arkansas Advocate: Ballot groups ask judge to block Arkansas direct democracy laws
Two ballot question committees on Thursday asked the court to block six Arkansas laws regulating direct democracy, one day after a federal judge granted them permission to intervene in an existing lawsuit
Arkansas Advocate: AG rejects proposed ballot measure to amend direct democracy process
Arkansas’ attorney general rejected a proposed ballot measure that aims to amend the state’s initiative and referendum process
Arkansas Advocate: Panel again rejects investigative powers for Secretary of State over initiative petitions
Bill sponsor Sen. Kim Hammer will run next year for Secretary of State, the office that oversees elections
Arkansas Advocate: Senate advances two stalled bills that would change direct democracy
Opponents of the bills have called them a threat to the public’s right to change laws and the state Constitution