Petitions for Arkansas direct democracy proposal fall short, secretary of state says

By: Ainsley Platt, Antoinette Grajeda

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 767

Last Updated: 3 days, 23 hours ago

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All signatures submitted in favor of putting on the November ballot a proposal to strengthen Arkansas’ initiative and referendum process were tossed because none of them were countable under state law, the secretary of state’s office announced Thursday.

Secretary of State Cole Jester wrote in a letter to the proposed constitutional amendment’s sponsors that 19,924 petition pages submitted to his office had an incorrect ballot name on them. The popular name approved by the Arkansas …

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