Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit challenging rejection of direct democracy ballot measure

By: Antoinette Grajeda

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 551

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to reverse the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify a direct democracy ballot measure from the ballot.

Supporters of the proposed constitutional amendment filed the lawsuit earlier this month after Secretary of State Cole Jester rejected thousands of petition signatures in favor of the ballot measure because the incorrect ballot name was on the nearly 20,000 …

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