FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A filing in federal court in Fayetteville on Monday shows that Arkansas intends to dispute a recent court ruling.
The notice, on behalf of Secretary of State Cole Jester, states that Arkansas will appeal a recent temporary injunction. The November injunction held that changes to the state’s ballot referendum process enacted during the 95th General Assembly of 2025 will not take effect until the court rules on the case challenging them.
The legislature passed a series of bills in its most recent session, signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that placed restrictions on how petitions could be drafted and signatures collected. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas, Save AR Democracy, Bonnie Heather Miller and Danielle Quesnell filed suit in April, asking for these laws to be overturned…