Ballot Initiatives

Arkansas lawmakers are nearing final approval of a bill changing how the petition process works. Senate Bill 207 requires canvassers to disclose to voters signing a petition that petition fraud is a criminal offense.

Yesterday, members of the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Senate Bill 207. The bill would require canvassers to disclose to voters signing their petition that petition fraud is a criminal offense.

Several bills designed to change the petition process in Arkansas gained approval in a legislative committee yesterday, Feb. 11. Members of the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs committee heard testimony on six bills, all sponsored by Republican Sen. Kim Hammer of Benton.

A recent study shows the number of women in Arkansas seeking out abortions is slightly up from before the state's total abortion ban went into effect.

Yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an amendment legalizing abortion would remain on the ballot this November. Anna Spoerre of the Missouri Independent joins Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore to discuss the multiple roadblocks that came up for the ballot measure.

In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that a ballot question committee sponsoring an abortion amendment failed to satisfy statutory requirements.

On today's show, Arkansans will not get the chance to vote on legalizing abortion this November. Also, the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration sends more than 40,000 letters to registered voters. Plus, the best advice for writers from writers.

Josie Lenora from Little Rock Public Radio joins Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore to get us up to speed on the status of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.

Generally speaking, the ballot measure process is less than clear. Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth recently spoke to Kristin Higgins, a program associate of public policy for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, about the ways getting measures to the ballot has gotten more challenging through the work of the legislature.

On today's show, Little Rock Public Radio helps us get up to speed on the Arkansas Abortion Amendment. We also brush up on our Shakespeare with Arkansas Classical Theater. Plus, the person behind On the Map Shows explains the art of booking concerts.