Judge Allows Two Additional Groups to Intervene in Arkansas Ballot Referendum Case

Motion seeks to stop the state from implementing new ballot initiative laws

FAYETTEVILLE -- A preliminary injunction is being sought to prevent the implementation new state laws that the League of Women Voters and other entities say has made it nearly impossible to effectively petition for ballot initiatives.

Judge allows two additional groups to intervene in Arkansas ballot referendum case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A federal judge on Wednesday permitted additional groups to intervene in a case intending to strike down changes made to Arkansas ballot referendum laws. Protect AR Rights and For AR Kids will now be able to join in the League of Women Voters of Arkansas vs. Jester case. That complaint challenges a host of recently enacted laws by the Arkansas legislature, making it harder for Arkansans to file ballot referendums. Protec…

Judge allows two ballot groups to join lawsuit challenging Arkansas initiative laws

A federal judge has granted motions from two ballot question committees, Protect AR Rights and For AR Kids, to join a lawsuit challenging new Arkansas laws.

Federal judge rules that rival ballot campaign may join League of Women Voters lawsuit against Griffin | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A federal judge ruled over the objections of the League of Women Voters on Wednesday that a rival ballot campaign can join its lawsuit taking aim at the state and slate of laws that it claimed has made it nearly impossible to effectively petition.

Judge allows groups to intervene in lawsuit challenging Arkansas direct democracy laws

Bill Kopsky, Protect AR Rights spokesperson, speaks to the League of Women Voters of Washington County during a meeting on July 2, 2025 in Fayetteville. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)A federal judge on Wednesday permitted two ballot question committees to join an existing lawsuit from the League of Women Voters of Arkansas that challenges the constitutionality of new direct democracy-related laws. Protect AR Rights and For AR Kids, ballo…

Federal court lets two groups intervene in challenge to state’s new ballot measure restrictions

In granting the intervenors’ motion, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas first found the groups had standing to challenge Act 602 because Protect AR Rights’ ballot title was rejected by Attorney General Tim Griffin for failing to comply with the reading-level requirement.