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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Proposed initiatives would face a new hurdle to qualifying for the Arkansas ballot under a measure lawmakers sent to the governor Monday that more than triples the number of counties where signatures must be gathered. The bill passed by the majority-Republican Senate raises the number of counties where a minimum number of signatures from registered voters must be

A proposed ballot initiative that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the Ohio Constitution is one step closer to going before voters in November after the Ohio Ballot Board certified suggested language. The five-member board unanimously certified that the proposed amendment only concerned one constitutional issue, clearing the way for abortion rights groups to gather signatures to

An Anchorage ballot proposition aims to address the city’s lack of child care through its existing marijuana retail tax. Proposition 14, which advocates call the “Care for Kids” measure, is backed by a bipartisan group. It would take the city’s marijuana sales tax money and dedicate it toward creating more access to child care and early education. It would fund reading programs, provide

Conservative Kansas lawmakers pushed ahead Tuesday with trying to eliminate most ballot drop boxes in elections, despite a split among top Republicans that could doom the conspiracy-driven effort. A Kansas Senate committee voted 5-4 to approve a bill that would limit each of the state's 105 counties to only one drop box, only inside its election office and only when two people from different