LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — There are two ballot initiatives to strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas, both facing a more difficult road to the ballot this year because of new state laws that aim to crack ...

Members of Protect AR Rights listen to speakers discuss a proposed constitutional amendment to remove legislative hurdles to direct democracy. Credit: Matt Campbell Arkansas’s attorney general on ...

A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the enforcement of several direct democracy-related laws against Arkansas groups collecting signatures to qualify proposed ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A fight over how easy it should be to change the state's constitution is escalating with this year's second direct democracy ballot initiative. 'Protect AR Rights' is now the ...

Arkansans who are fighting to keep the direct democracy process in place in the state are collecting signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the November 2026 ballot. "Direct democracy" means ...