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Supporters of Arkansas direct democracy effort file suit over rejection of ballot measure petitions

  • Tess Vrbin

Supporters of a proposal to strengthen direct democracy asked the Arkansas Supreme Court Wednesday to order the secretary of state to verify signatures submitted in favor of putting the measure on the November ballot. The lawsuit asks the court to reverse Secretary of State Cole Jester’s rejection of the petitions for the proposed constitutional amendment, […]

Missouri

Referendum campaign asks court to block new Missouri map from November election

  • Jason Hancock

The campaign seeking a public vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map is asking a Cole County judge to do more than put the referendum on the November ballot — it wants the court to prohibit the state from using the map at all this fall. What that would mean for the candidates nominated Tuesday in […]

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Petitions for Arkansas direct democracy proposal fall short, secretary of state says

  • Ainsley Platt

All signatures submitted in favor of putting on the November ballot a proposal to strengthen Arkansas’ initiative and referendum process were tossed because none of them were countable under state law, the secretary of state’s office announced Thursday. Secretary of State Cole Jester wrote in a letter to the proposed constitutional amendment’s sponsors that 19,924 […]