His latest was titled, “An amendment to the Arkansas Constitution legalizing gambling to the Fairplay Holdings ballot question committee members.” Confused? So was Rutledge.<\/p>\n
“Your proposal is wholly bereft of specifics. The first problem concerns your reference to Fairplay Holdings,” the attorney general concluded in her denial.<\/p>\n
Arkansas is one of 26 states that allows residents to propose initiatives and\/or referendums recommending laws for consideration. Citizen initiatives and referendums are to create a “direct democracy” where the sole governing power doesn’t rest with the legislative unit.<\/p>\n
But in Arkansas, the attorney general must first sign off on the proposals and assert that their wording is clear and concise. He or she isn’t to involve their own political opinions into the approval.<\/p>\n
\n“The decision to certify or reject a popular name and ballot title is in no way a reflection of my view of the merits of a particular proposal,” Rutledge declared.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nShould she have approved the latest casino referendum, the Arkansas Wins in 2018 committee would have needed to collect 84.958 valid signatures to place the question on the November ballot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected yet another casino ballot referendum, this time on grounds that the proposed question features “ambiguous” wording. It’s the second time this year that the state’s chief legal advisor has rejected a gambling motion. Rutledge said this week that the latest effort cannot be efficiently summarized for voters to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":75370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge Rejects Casino Ballot Proposal, Again<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n