Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the Arkansas
Constitution.
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2025 SJR 24 3
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By: Senator M. Johnson 5
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8
AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING 9
BALLOT TITLES FOR INITIATED MEASURES; AND TO PROVIDE 10
THAT THE BALLOT TITLE FOR AN INITIATED MEASURE SHALL 11
BE READABLE, SHALL BE CLEAR AND CONCISE, AND SHALL 12
NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED WORDS. 13
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Subtitle 16
AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS 17
CONSTITUTION CONCERNING BALLOT TITLES 18
FOR INITIATED MEASURES. 19
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 21
STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL 22
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO: 23
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THAT the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of 25
the State of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state 26
for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives 27
and Senators, if a majority of the electors voting thereon at the election 28
adopt the amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of 29
the State of Arkansas, to wit: 30
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SECTION 1. The purpose of this joint resolution is to amend the 32
Arkansas Constitution concerning ballot titles for initiated measures and to 33
provide that ballot titles for initiated measures shall be readable, shall be 34
clear and concise, and shall not exceed five hundred (500) words. 35
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