Arkansas Secretary of State rejects abortion amendment ballot petitions [View all]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston said Wednesday that his office is rejecting the petitions submitted by a group looking to add an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution.

Officials with the secretary of state’s office said there was a technicality regarding canvassers that led to the submissions being disqualified.

On Friday, the group Arkansans for Limited Government announced that they had secured more than 100,000 petition signatures from 54 counties for the ballot initiative trying to get the amendment before voters in November.

In a letter sent by Thurston to Arkansans for Limited Government, the secretary said the group had failed to submit a statement identifying paid canvassers by name and a signed statement noting that they had given paid canvassers documents outlining rules before they started gathering signatures.

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https://www.kark.com/news/your-local-election-hq/arkansas-secretary-of-state-rejects-abortion-amendment-ballot-petitions/


I kind of guessed this would happen as no national group was willing to help as they thought it wasn't worth the effort to try and get signatures.