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Arkansas lawmakers’ grand plan to crush the ballot measure process has a First Amendment problem

Despite Republican legislators’ assurances that the attorney general said their anti-democratic bills were legal, several Arkansas laws that hamstring ballot measures are likely unconstitutional according to a federal judge.

In 2025, Arkansas Republicans passed a number of bills designed to limit or restrict Arkansans’ ability to change state laws and amend the state constitution at the ballot box. It wasn’t the first time the state Legislature has chipped away at the ba… [23012 chars]

Source: Arkansas Times | Published: 2025-11-25T19:37:55Z

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