Wendy Finn, board member of the League of Women Voters of Washington County, speaks at a Drinks and Dialogue event hosted by the group on July 2, 2025 in Fayetteville. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
The League of Women Voters of Arkansas is collecting signatures for its proposed ballot measure slowly and deliberately as the group navigates lawsuits and new requirements for gathering petitions.
The nonpartisan, grassroots organization and its ballot question committee, Save AR Democracy, is collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment aimed at protecting Arkansans’ right to direct democracy and preventing legislative interference in this process, which allows people to propose laws and put them to a statewide vote. Arkansas is one of 24 states that allow citizen-led initiatives, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures…