AR Sec Of State Tosses Abortion Rights Ballot Measure

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports:

The Arkansas Secretary of State’s office has thrown out an abortion ballot measure less than a week after the group turned in over 100,000 signatures ahead of the deadline on July 5. In a letter sent by Secretary of State John Thurston, the group reportedly did not submit documents that identified paid canvassers by name as well as a signed statement that they had a copy of the recent edition of the state’s initiatives and referenda handbook.

Arkansans for Limited Government released a statement: “Arkansans for Limited Government is alarmed and outraged by Secretary Thurston’s attempt to disqualify the Arkansas Abortion Amendment from November’s ballot. We worked with the Secretary of State’s office during every step of the process to ensure that we followed all rules and regulations.

“At multiple junctures — including on July 5 inside of the Capitol Building — we discussed signature submission requirements with the Secretary of State’s staff. In fact, the Secretary of State’s office supplied us with the affidavit paperwork, which we used. Until today, we had no reason not to trust that the paperwork they supplied us was correct and complete.”

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The group vows to fight the disqualification in court.

Today the far left pro-abortion crowd in Arkansas showed they are both immoral and incompetent. https://t.co/zosqCnDq26

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) July 10, 2024

There’s was a glitch with how our statement got posted, so we’re trying again.

STATEMENT FROM ARKANSANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT ON SECRETARY THURSTON’S DISQUALIFICATION ATTEMPT: pic.twitter.com/ZhArIoTwbS

— arliberty (@arlibertynow) July 11, 2024