Griffin’s office said Monday that Arkansas Citizens for Transparency’s proposal was full of “potential ambiguities” and failed to include the “full text” of the measure.
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Pair of ballot measures would enshrine transparency in state constitution
Couch said the amendment would make Arkansas the only state with a constitutional right to transparency.
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Update: Transparency group submits FOIA amendment to attorney general
The amendment would enshrine the state’s Freedom of Information Act in the state constitution. The group also expects to file an initiated act in the coming weeks.
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Transparency advocates hear public input on proposal to enshrine FOIA in Arkansas Constitution
“We’re doing it differently than I’ve ever seen it done before,” committee member Jen Standerfer said. “Not in my lifetime have I seen a drafting committee come to the people and say, ‘We don’t know what our final draft is going to look like yet because it depends on what you, the people of Arkansas, want to happen.’”
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Government transparency group to hold town hall in Fort Smith
The group will hold additional town hall meetings on a proposed constitutional amendment in Fayetteville on Oct. 26 and in West Memphis on Oct. 30.
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Polypartisan squad launches push to enshrine transparency in the Arkansas constitution
An eclectic crew is coming together to protect Arkansas’s Freedom of Information Act, and they’re inviting you to join the effort.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s absentee ballot rules
Arkansas has among the highest mail-in ballot rejection rates in the country. But Holmes said the state’s rules pose “only a minimal burden on the right to vote.”
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New ballot title submitted to repeal Arkansas ‘tampon tax’ after rejected first attempt
Additionally, the new proposal would also exempt diapers from sales tax — a change from the initial initiated act offered earlier this month by the Arkansas Period Poverty Project.
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CAPES petition to repeal LEARNS may have met ballot requirements if not for missteps
If CAPES hadn’t proactively scratched out signatures on its own petition sheets, the Democrat-Gazette reports, it may have met its goal. A bitter internal fight earlier in the year didn’t help matters.
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Lawmakers hear tales of arson and assault from last year’s Pope County casino ballot initiative fight
Arkansas legislators are seizing on reports of dirty tricks and intimidation from a 2022 battle over a Pope County casino as a reason to restrict the ballot initiative process.