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
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
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
