USA Today: “The backers of a measure to allow Arkansas voters the chance to loosen the state’s near-total abortion ban said Friday they submitted more than 100,000 signatures, more than enough to qualify for the November ballot.
Friday marked the deadline for Arkansas ballot question committees to submit their petitions, a major milestone which will determine whether ballot measures on matters from the state Freedom of Information Act to medical marijuana, will go before voters.
Rebecca Bobrow, director of strategy at Arkansans for Limited Government, which is pushing the abortion rights measure, said Monday that the campaign was then around 10,000 signatures shy of their goal. That means, even after months of steady progress in gathering signatures, the fate of the abortion amendment came down to the last few days of fast-paced campaigning.”