LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A judge has ruled in favor of a lawsuit challenging a law that raised the requirements for collecting signatures on ballot initiatives in Arkansas.
The 2023 suit was filed by the League of Women Voters of Arkansas and Sen. Bryan King in Circuit Court of Pulaski County alleged that “Act 236 was unconstitutional based on the grounds that it conflicts with the express conditions set forth in the Initiative and Referendum Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution.”
Arkansas League of Women Voters speaks on lawsuit regarding changes voter referendum process
Act 236 changed the number of counties required to have signatures on ballot petitions from 15 to 50 counties.
The order issued on Thursday stated that Act 236 is “unconstitutional.”…