Arkansans for Patient Access collected 85% of the required number of valid signatures from registered voters and has until Aug. 30 to submit more.| Arkansas Advocate
Supporters of four proposed Arkansas ballot measures delivered petitions to the Secretary of State at the Capitol on Friday in hopes they will be certified for November’s statewide ballot.| Arkansas Advocate
Thurston denied that his office told the ballot question committee on July 4 that submitting another sponsor affidavit “was not required.”| Arkansas Advocate
Secretary of State John Thurston must “file an answer to the original action petition” by 9 a.m. Monday, the court ordered Friday.| Arkansas Advocate
The numbers in Thursday’s affidavit bring the total number of signatures submitted up to 102,730, more than 1,200 above AFLG’s estimate.| Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Supreme Court Tuesday night ordered Secretary of State John Thurston to count signatures collected by volunteer canvassers for a proposed ballot initiative to expand abortion access. The state’s high court ordered the count to be completed by 9 a.m. Monday.| Arkansas Advocate
Attorney General Tim Griffin on Friday filed a motion asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Secretary of State John Thurston’s recent rejection of the proposed Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024.| Arkansas Advocate
The ballot question committee argued that Thurston’s office owes it “an opportunity to cure or correct any perceived deficiencies in its submission."| Arkansas Advocate
The ballot question committee asserted that Thurston’s office is required to count every signature regardless of the validity of the paid canvassers’ signatures.| Arkansas Advocate
Arkansans for Limited Government did not submit a required affidavit while supporters of other ballot measures did, Secretary of State John Thurston said.| Arkansas Advocate
Thurston was among the Republican elected officials who participated in the March for Life, Arkansas Right to Life's annual anti-abortion rally.| Arkansas Advocate