Local Voters in Charge spokesperson Hans Stiritz speaks to reporters at the Arkansas Capitol on Friday, July 5, 2024 after the group submitted petitions to the Secretary of State. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
A proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment that would repeal a Pope County casino license will be on November’s statewide ballot, while supporters of changes to the state’s medical marijuana industry have 30 days to collect more signatures from registered voters, Secretary of State John Thurston’s office announced Wednesday.
Proposed constitutional amendments require 90,704 signatures from 50 counties to qualify for the ballot. Local Voters in Charge, the ballot question committee supporting the repeal of the casino license, submitted more than 162,000 signatures from all 75 counties on the submission deadline of July 5.
Thurston’s staff “verified no less than 116,200 signatures,” he wrote in a letter to the ballot question committee.