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AG Nixes Proposed Ballot Measure to Restrict Private Club Permits
Category: Civil Rights · State: Arkansas · Source: Arkansas News Bureau
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Tuesday rejected the name and ballot title of a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal a 2003 law that loosened restrictions on what establishments qualify for a private club permit. McDaniel said the proposal was ambiguous and that the text of the amendment was not included in the request. "I must therefore return your submission and instruct you to submit the language of your proposed amendment together with a proposed popular name and ballot title," the attorney general said in an opinion.
Canvassers Target Voters
Category: Petition Circulating · State: Arkansas · Source: The Morning News-Arkansas
They gather where voters gather, hungry for signatures, eager to push their cause through direct democracy. They will be out in force, likely bearing clipboards, for Tuesday's election. Poll site canvassers use myriad approaches, but their goal is the same: To fill their petition with as many voter signatures as they can get. "We will be out there," said Jeannie Burlsworth, the chairwoman of Secure Arkansas, a group working to get a ballot initiative in front of voters at the November general election. The ballot measure wants to prevent people illegally in the United States from receiving public benefits.
Arkansas AG Certifies Illegal Immigration Measure
Category: Immigration · State: Arkansas · Source: Pine Bluff Commercial
The Arkansas attorney general's office cleared the way on Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the language of the proposed initiated act by Secure Arkansas, allowing the group to begin collecting the 61,974 signatures necessary to put it before voters in November. Jeannie Burlsworth, a chairwoman for Secure Arkansas, has said the group plans to collect many of the signatures at polling places during the state's May 20 primary. If approved by voters, the proposal would require those older than 13 seeking public benefits from a state agency to sign an oath saying they live legally in the country. The group says those who falsely fill out an affidavit could face perjury charges. Verification would not be required for emergency medical treatment, prenatal care or public school enrollment.