Arkansas AG rejects proposed ballot measure meant to add clarity to Freedom of Information Act
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Google-News-Wire
- December 19, 2023
- Arkansas Attorney General
- arkansas citizens for transparency
- Arkansas Constitution
- Arkansas Government Transparency Act
- Arkansas Government Transparency Amendment
- ballot measures
- Ballot Title
- constitutional amendment
- FOIA
- Freedom Of Information Act
- government transparency
- nate bell
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- tim griffin
- transparency
Proposed changes to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act aren’t sufficient to appear on the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Monday opinion. Griffin rejected the proposed ballot title and popular name for the Arkansas Government Transparency Act a week after rejecting a companion proposal for a constitutional amendment. Both proposals […]
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Citizen-initiated government transparency act proposal submitted to Arkansas Attorney General
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Google-News-Wire
- December 5, 2023
- 2024 election
- arkansas citizens for transparency
- Arkansas Ethics Commission
- Arkansas Government Transparency Act
- Arkansas Government Transparency Amendment
- ballot initiative
- citizen initiated act
- constitutional amendment
- david couch
- direct democracy
- FOIA
- Freedom Of Information Act
- government transparency
- nate bell
- transparency
- Trend – Election 2024
Arkansas government transparency advocates proposed a ballot measure on Monday that would define a public meeting and create a special body to help citizens denied access to public records. Arkansas Citizens for Transparency submitted a proposed ballot title and popular name for the “Arkansas Government Transparency Act,” a companion to a proposed constitutional amendment submitted […]
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