The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and state Sen. Bryan King filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a newly passed state law that increases the number of counties needed to get an initiated act or constitutional amendment on the ballot.
The Arkansas Senate on Monday sent the governor a bill that would require sponsors of proposed ballot measures to collect sufficient signatures of registered voters from at least 50 counties, up from the current requirement of 15 counties, to qualify their measures for the ballot.
An Arkansas Senate committee on Thursday endorsed a bill that would require the sponsors of proposed ballot measures to collect sufficient signatures of registered voters from at least 50 counties, up from the current requirement of 15 counties, to qualify their measures for the ballot.