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Arkansas Right to Government Transparency Initiative (2026)
| Arkansas Right to Government Transparency Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Government accountability | |
| Status Cleared for signature gathering | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Arkansas Right to Government Transparency Initiative may appear on the ballot in Arkansas as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
This measure would create a constitutional right to government transparency, defined as "the government's obligation to share information with citizens or to deliver information to citizens" and requires voter approval for laws concerning government transparency.[1]
Text of measure
The Attorney General opinion for the initiative is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Arkansas, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Proponents must collect signatures equaling at least half of the designated percentage of gubernatorial votes in at least 50 of the state's counties. Signatures remain valid until the date of the next general election following the certification of ballot language. Signature petitions must be submitted four months prior to the election at which the measure is to appear.
The requirements to get initiated constitutional amendments certified for the 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 90,704 valid signatures
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 5, 2024.
If the secretary of state certifies that enough signatures were submitted in a petition, the initiative is put on the ballot. If a petition fails to meet the signature requirement, but the petition has at least 75 percent of the valid signatures needed, petitioners have 30 days to collect additional signatures or demonstrate that rejected signatures are valid.
Details about this initiative
- The Attorney General certified the ballot language for the proposed measure on July 18, 2024.
See also
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