Time is running out for pettion drives for expanded casino gambling and to change the legislative districting process. Opponents of the casino measure report an influx of canvassers from out of state.
A federal lawsuit was filed today by a group hoping to change the law on how legislative and congressional districts are drawn. The virus crisis requires a loosening of the law on petition drives, it says.
The House today easily approved a third constitutional amendment for the 2020 ballot, this one aimed at making it more difficult for petition drives to qualify initiatives and amendments.
Petitions for statewide votes on state alcohol sales and an increase in the minimum wage were filed Monday with the Arkansas secretary of state. Medical marijuana initiatives won't make the ballot, backers have said.