Doing the work to protect direct democracy in Arkansas

Doing the work to protect direct democracy in Arkansas

Our state’s constitution does something that makes some politicians very uncomfortable: It reserves for the people of Arkansas a set of legislative powers. (Did you know that you, an Arkansas citizen, are also a lawmaker? You do now.) Through the ballot measure process, Arkansas citizens enjoy the right to petition to get good policy ideas placed on the ballot for people to vote on directly. Through the referendum process, we also get to strike …