Arkansans for Limited Government gave Secretary of State John Thurston until Monday to change course and count signatures, but he refused.
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Blowhards With a Vengeance: Legislators have grandstanding temper tantrum over direct democracy
The peevish dweebs in the Arkansas Legislature love to keep all the power in their own grubby, micromanaging little hands.
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White Water Tavern to host petition-signing event this Saturday
The event comes barely a week after Little Rock Police, allegedly at the governor’s direction, threatened to arrest signature gatherers outside an MLK Commission event.
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Petition signing event at White Water Tavern on Saturday
From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas will be collecting signatures in support of putting before voters amendments related to abortion access, medical marijuana, taxation on menstrual products and diapers, the FOIA and public education.
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Transparency group seeks to dismiss lawsuit against attorney general
Arkansas Citizens for Transparency initially considered proceeding with the lawsuit even after the attorney general approved the measures, so the attorney general’s role could be “clarified” by the court.
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We did it first: Ohio’s win and the hope of populist power
Not only does Arkansas use the power of the ballot-box to advance progressive policy, we also fiercely defend it from anti-democratic politicians.
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Will abortion be on the ballot in Arkansas? Mystery documents raise possibility
A pair of proposed ballot initiatives have been submitted to the Arkansas secretary of state to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution. But it’s unclear who submitted them, or why.
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Legislators try new tricks to tank citizens’ right to put issues on the ballot
The Arkansas Legislature, aka the broligarchy, does not believe in the people’s right to the ballot process. This is as disappointing as is it unconstitutional, though the unconstitutionality isn’t stopping the bill’s sponsors.
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UPDATE: No legislative holiday: Senate vote set today on bill repudiating voters, school privatization bill is coming and more victimization of transgender children in store
There’s no holiday for legislative mischief-making.
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No, Democrats aren’t the ones who tanked Issue 4. Here’s how we know.
A number-crunching odyssey with a data-obsessed political scientist proves us all wrong.