Whether the amendment will be on the November ballot comes down to what the Supreme Court decides to do with signatures from paid canvassers.
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Attorney general asks state Supreme Court to dismiss lawsuit over abortion amendment (UPDATED)
Attorney General Tim Griffin contends the abortion-rights group essentially failed to turn in a petition at all when they failed to include a signed statement about paid canvassers.
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The 4 legal questions that will decide the fate of Arkansas’s abortion rights ballot initiative
While we wait to hear how Secretary of State John Thurston responds to supporters of the abortion amendment, here’s a breakdown of the issues at play.
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Whiplash: Why the Arkansas Abortion Amendment still might be in play
State officials disqualified the measure Wednesday. But new records show their justifications may not hold up to scrutiny.
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Newly released records raise questions about secretary of state’s rejection of abortion amendment
John Thurston’s letter strongly implied abortion advocates had failed to turn in a list of paid canvassers on July 5. In fact, they did.
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Secretary of state warns against voter registration e-signatures; Pulaski clerk says she’ll keep taking them
Mixed messages from the the Arkansas secretary of state about the validity of electronic signatures on voter registration forms is causing confusion.
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Trash the vote: Why Arkansas rejects more of its mail-in ballots than almost any other state
Arkansas chucks out more of its absentee ballots than most other states, disenfranchising members of the military, students away at school, people unable to reach the polls for medical reasons and many others.
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Supreme Court places marijuana amendment on ballot provisionally; UPDATE: Responsible Growth comments
Whether the votes will be counted remains to be seen.
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Study: More voters purged from rolls nationwide since Voting Rights Act rollback
Nationwide, “almost 4 million more names were purged from the rolls between 2014 and 2016 than between 2006 and 2008,” the Brennan Center report states. That’s an increase of 33 percent in the number of removed voters. By contrast, the increase in the number of total registered voters was 18 percent.
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Paperwork filed for 6,000-pound Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds
Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images.