Arkansas Civil Rights Act Amendment (2016)

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Arkansas
Civil Rights Act Amendment
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TypeStatute
OriginCitizens
TopicConstitutional rights
StatusNot on the ballot

Not on Ballot
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
This measure was not put
on an election ballot

The Civil Rights Act Amendment did not make the November 8, 2016, ballot in Arkansas as an initiated state statute.

The measure would have amended the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 to include sexual orientation and gender identity to the groups protected from discrimination.[1]

Text of measure

Popular name

The popular name of the measure was:[1]

An Act Amending the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993[2]

Ballot title

The ballot title for this measure was:[1]

This Act amends the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 to add a right to be free from discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity. The Arkansas Civil Rights Act currently gives people the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, or disability. The right to be free from discrimination includes ( 1) the right to obtain and hold employment without discrimination; (2) the right to the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement; (3) the right to engage in property transactions without discrimination; ( 4) the right to engage in credit and other contractual transactions without discrimination; and (5) the right to vote and participate fully in the political process.[2]

Full text

The full text of the measure can be found here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Arkansas

Supporters of the measure had until July 8, 2016 to submit 67,887 signatures. Signatures were not submitted by the July 8, 2016, deadline.


State profile

Demographic data for Arkansas
 ArkansasU.S.
Total population:2,977,853316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):52,0353,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:78%73.6%
Black/African American:15.5%12.6%
Asian:1.4%5.1%
Native American:0.6%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.2%0.2%
Two or more:2.1%3%
Hispanic/Latino:6.9%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:84.8%86.7%
College graduation rate:21.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$41,371$53,889
Persons below poverty level:22.9%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Arkansas.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Arkansas

Arkansas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Arkansas, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[3]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Arkansas had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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See also

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arkansas Attorney General, "Opinion No. 2015-029," accessed February 11, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.