Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday revised and certified proposed ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the Arkansas Racing Commission’s authority to issue a casino license in Pope County and require local voter approval in a countywide special election for any new casino license in Arkansas.
The Republican attorney general’s action clears the way for the Local Voters in Charge ballot committee to begin collecting signatures of registered voters in its bid to qualify its proposed constitutional amendment for the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
The committee will be required to turn in 90,704 signatures of registered voters in Arkansas, including signatures from 50 counties, to the Secretary of State’s office by July 5 to qualify the proposed constitutional amendment for the general election ballot.
