Protect AR Rights Gets Green Light to Collect Signatures Following Ballot Language Approval | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
ARKANSAS, JUL 29 – The amendment would establish a fundamental right to petition and invalidate laws restricting direct democracy, requiring at least 90,702 signatures to qualify for the ballot, officials said.
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Protect AR Rights gets green light to collect signatures following ballot language approval | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
One of the campaigns proposing reforms to the direct democracy process can begin to collect signatures for their constitutional amendment after getting the go-ahead Monday from Attorney General Tim Griffin.
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Arkansas attorney general approves second direct democracy ballot title
Arkansas Public Policy Panel Executive Director Bill Kopsky discusses a proposed constitutional amendment to preserve direct democracy in Arkansas during a press conference at the state Capitol on May 19, 2025. Kopsky's organization is a member of Protect AR Rights, the ballot question committee that submitted its proposal to the attorney general's office. (Sonny Albarado/Arkansas Advocate)Arkansas’ attorney general on Monday certified a ballot …
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