Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.

Arkansas Absentee Voting Referendum (2022)

From Ballotpedia
Revision as of 19:26, 21 April 2023 by Ryan Byrne (contribs) (Text replacement - "| topic = " to "| topic =")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Arkansas Absentee Voting Referendum
Flag of Arkansas.png
Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Suffrage
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Referendum		Origin
Citizens

The Arkansas Absentee Voting Referendum was not on the ballot in Arkansas as a veto referendum on November 8, 2022.

This measure would have upheld or repealed Act 736, which was designed to change state law regarding absentee voting.[1]

Text of measure

Popular name

The popular name for this referendum was as follows:[1]

“ An Act Restricting Absentee and Early Voting Rights[2] ”

Ballot title

The ballot title for this referendum was as follows:[1]

“ An act limiting access and opportunity for Arkansans to participate in absentee and early voting without just cause; being Act 736 of 2021 (HB1715).


A "For" vote is a vote in favor of Act 736 and will add undue restrictions to Arkansans access and opportunity to participate in absentee and early voting.

An "Against" vote is a vote to reject Act 736 and protect Arkansans access and opportunity to participate in absentee and early voting.[2]

”

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

Background

Veto referendums in Arkansas

See also: List of Arkansas ballot measures and List of veto referendum ballot measures

In Arkansas, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

  • Signature requirement: 6 percent of the votes last cast for governor
  • Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
  • Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
  • Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election.
Year State Subject Measure Outcome
for target law
2004 Arkansas Taxes Referred Question 1: Increase State Property Tax for School Funding Repealed
1994 Arkansas Taxes Referred Act 1: Tax on Soft Drinks Repealed
1968 Arkansas Elections Referred Act 457: Require Voters to Declare Party Affiliation Repealed
1968 Arkansas Administration Referred Act 306: Creation of State Dairy Commission Repealed
1962 Arkansas Administration Referred Act 199: Creation of Motor Vehicle Commission Repealed
1958 Arkansas Taxes Referred Act 19: Eliminate Additional One Percent Sales Tax Upheld
1954 Arkansas Taxes Referred Act 285: Tax Increase on Alcohol Repealed
1952 Arkansas Government Referred Act 242: State Government Purchasing Methods Repealed
1934 Arkansas Taxes Referred Act 280: Extend Time to Redeem Delinquent Property Taxes Repealed
1934 Arkansas Education Referred Act 78: Appointed State Board of Education Repealed

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Arkansas

The state process

Signatures for veto referendums must be submitted 90 days after the final adjournment of the 2024 state legislative session. 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

  • Arkansans for a Unified Natural State sponsored this initiative.[1]
  • Proponents did not submit the required number of valid signatures before the due date.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Arkansans for a Unified Natural State, "Referendum information," accessed July 21, 2021
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, communication with referendum sponsors, October 20, 2021
v • e
2022 ballot measures
I&R States
 • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Florida • Idaho • Illinois • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Mexico • North Dakota • Ohio • Oregon • South Dakota • Utah • Washington • Wyoming
Non I&R States
 • Alabama • Connecticut • Georgia • Hawaii • Iowa • Kentucky • Kansas • Louisiana • New Hampshire • New York • Rhode Island • South Carolina • Tennessee • Texas • Vermont • West Virginia
Political topics
Abortion policy • 

Absentee and mail voting •  Administrative organization •  Administrative powers and rulemaking •  Age limits for officials •  Agriculture policy •  Alcohol laws •  American Indian issues •  Ballot measure process •  Ballot measure supermajority requirements •  Banking policy •  Bond issues •  Business regulations •  Business taxes •  Campaign finance •  Citizenship voting requirements •  Civil and criminal trials •  Civil service •  Collective bargaining •  Constitutional rights •  Constitutional wording changes •  County and municipal governance •  Crime victims' rights •  Criminal trials •  Death penalty •  Drug crime policy •  Early childhood education •  Early voting •  Election administration and governance •  Environment •  Ethics rules and commissions •  Executive official term limits •  Federal government issues •  Firearms policy •  Gambling policy •  Healthcare governance •  Higher education funding •  Highways and bridges •  Housing •  Immigration policy •  Impeachment rules •  Income taxes •  Initiative and referendum process •  Insurance policy •  LGBTQ issues •  Law enforcement •  Law enforcement funding •  Law enforcement officers and departments •  Local government officials and elections •  Local wages and pay •  Marijuana laws •  Military service policy •  Minimum wage laws •  Open meetings and public information •  Parks, land, and natural area conservation •  Primary election systems •  Private health insurance •  Property •  Psychedelic substances laws •  Public assistance programs •  Public economic investment policy •  Public education funding •  Public education governance •  Public health insurance •  Public transportation •  Race and ethnicity issues •  Ranked-choice voting •  Recall process •  Redistricting policy •  Religion-related policy •  Revenue allocation •  Revenue and spending limits •  Right-to-work laws •  Salaries of government officials •  Sex and gender issues •  State National Guard and militia •  State and local government budgets, spending, and finance •  State constitution ratification •  State constitutional conventions •  State executive branch structure •  State executive elections •  State executive official measures •  State executive powers and duties •  State judicial selection •  State judiciary •  State judiciary structure •  State legislative authority •  State legislative elections •  State legislative processes and sessions •  State legislative structure •  State legislative term limits •  Tax and revenue administration •  Taxes •  Telecommunications infrastructure •  Tobacco laws •  Transportation •  Utility policy •  Vehicle and driver regulations •  Veterans policy •  Voter ID policy •  Water •  Wildfire management

Other
Flag of Arkansas
v • e
State of Arkansas
Little Rock (capital)
Elections

What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures

Government

Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Arkansas_Absentee_Voting_Referendum_(2022)&oldid=9128949"