![]() According to a law approved by the state legislature in 2019 as an emergency taking immediate effect, initiative ballot titles and popular names are certified by the board of election commissioners (rather than the attorney general) after signatures are submitted (rather than before). ![]() Signature petitions must be submitted four months prior to the election at which the measure is to appear. There is no limit on how long an initiative petition can be circulated. Proponents must collect signatures equaling at least half of the designated percentage of gubernatorial votes in at least 50 of the state's counties. ![]() In Arkansas, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Path to the ballot See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Arkansas The state process The initiative was sponsored by Arkansas Wins in 2020. The full text of the measure is available here.
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