Arkansas AG rejects proposed ballot measure to make government transparency a constitutional right
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Google-News-Wire
- December 12, 2023
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- Arkansas Attorney General
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A proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that would create the right to state government transparency isn’t sufficient for the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Tuesday opinion. Griffin rejected the proposed ballot title and popular name, saying the amendment lacks clarity in its use of specific terms, including “government transparency.” […]
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Arkansas AG rejects proposed ballot measure to make abortion access a constitutional right
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Google-News-Wire
- November 28, 2023
- 2024 election
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- abortion access
- abortion ban
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- For AR People
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A proposed constitutional amendment ensuring a limited right to abortion in Arkansas will not appear on the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Tuesday opinion. His seven-page letter to Steven Nichols, the Arkansan who submitted the proposal, pointed out several aspects of the ballot language that Griffin said need clarity or […]
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Proposed Arkansas ballot measure would make abortion access a constitutional right
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Google-News-Wire
- November 28, 2023
- 2024 election
- abortion
- abortion access
- abortion ban
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- constitutional amendment
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- For AR People
- infant mortality
- maternal health
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- tim griffin
- Trend – Abortion
- Trend – Election 2024
The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will decide Tuesday whether a proposed measure to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right will go on the 2024 statewide ballot. State government entities would not be allowed to “prohibit, penalize, delay or restrict” Arkansans’ access to abortion up to 18 weeks of pregnancy under the Arkansas Reproductive Healthcare Amendment, […]
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Democrats, GOP want the status quo. We need to move Forward. | #alaska | #politics
Whitman is a former Republican governor of New Jersey and co-chair of the Forward Party. The two dominant political parties in America don’t agree on much, but there is one thing they agree on: The system should be set up to help them maintain their power. From first-past-the-post voting and gerrymandering to limiting citizen-powered ballot […]
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A detailed look at all four Arkansas ballot initiatives
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — There are four individual initiatives on the Arkansas statewide ballot next week, and the Public Policy Center at the University of Arkansas has released a 2022 Voter Guide that outlines each measure in detail, but also presents them clearly enough to be easily understood. Here is a look at each of […]
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