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City of Fayetteville "Civil Rights Administration" Ordinance Veto Referendum (December 2014)
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A referendum measure to repeal an ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity was on the ballot for Fayetteville voters in Washington County, Arkansas, on December 9, 2014. It was approved, repealing the anti-discrimination ordinance.[1][2]
This referendum question was put on the ballot by a group called Repeal 119 to give voters a chance to overturn the Civil Rights Administration ordinance, which added Chapter 119 to the city code. The targeted ordinance was designed to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic background, marital status and veteran status, especially in the areas of housing and employment.[1]
A vote "for" the referendum question was for the repeal of the ordinance. A vote "against" the referendum question was against the repeal of the ordinance. Since a majority of voters approved the question, the anti-discrimination ordinance was repealed.
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 7,523 | 51.66% | ||
| No | 7,040 | 48.34% | ||
- Election results from The City Wire
Path to the ballot
The Civil Rights Administration ordinance -- adding chapter 119 to the city code -- was approved by the city council on August 20, 2014. A group call Repeal 119 circulated a veto referendum petition targeting the ordinance. The opponents of the ordinance collected 5,714 signatures and turned them in on September 20, 2014. They needed 4,095 valid signatures to suspend the ordinance and put a question about the repeal of the ordinance before voters on December 9, 2014. On September 29, 2014, the city clerk certified that enough of the submitted signatures were valid to qualify a veto referendum question.[3]
Related measures
See also
- Local LGBT issues on the ballot
- Washington County, Arkansas ballot measures
- September 8, 2015 ballot measures in Arkansas
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fayetteville Flyer, "Understanding the Dec. 9 civil rights special election," December 1, 2014
- ↑ The City Wire, "Fayetteville voters approve repeal of sexual orientation ordinance," December 9, 2014
- ↑ Fayetteville Flyer, "Fayetteville clerk certifies enough signatures for civil rights vote," September 29, 2014
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