State Officials Try to Reject Arkansas Abortion Ballot Measure on Technicality
Organizers are fighting to keep reproductive rights on the ballot despite interference by the GOP secretary of state.
Reproductive rights advocates responded with outrage and vowed to fight after Arkansas’ top election official on Wednesday moved to disqualify a proposed ballot initiative that — if approved by voters — would enshrine abortion access in the state’s constitution. Arkansans for Limited Government (ALG), the group behind the proposed constitutional amendment, refuted Republican Secretary of State...