Group Hires Canvassers to Put Abortion on the Ballot in Arkansas
The group working to enshrine abortion into the Arkansas Constitution has hired more than a dozen canvassers to collect signatures for its statewide petition drive, according to documents obtained from the Secretary of State’s office via the Freedom of Information Act.
Arkansans for Limited Government has until July 5 to collect 90,704 valid signatures from registered voters. As of April 30, the group has raised nearly $350,000 for its campaign, and it appears at least some of that money is being used to pay petition canvassers.
State law lets ballot question committees hire Arkansas residents as petition canvassers to collect signatures.
The list obtained via FOIA indicates Arkansans for Limited Government currently has 15 paid canvassers — all of whom appear to have been active since May 7 or later. The paid canvasser list is available below.
| First Name | Last Name | City | Date of Submission to SOS | Certifed that a criminal history and criminal record search was timely completed for each Paid Canvasser | Paid Canvasser Affidavit signed |
| Latwan | Crutch | Little Rock | 5/7/2024 | yes | yes |
| Khalid | Jones | Little Rock | 5/7/2024 | yes | yes |
| Carla | Williams | Little Rock | 5/7/2024 | yes | yes |
| Brenda | Woodard | Little Rock | 5/7/2024 | yes | yes |
| Karen | Hitt | Little Rock | 5/7/2024 | yes | yes |
| Ella | Rucker | Alexander | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Nevaeh | Holman | Little Rock | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Evelyn | Akins | Little Rock | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Khyra | Garrett | Little Rock | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Contonnia | Brown | Little Rock | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Rayana | Jordon | Little Rock | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Nikyra | Phillips | Alexander | 5/10/2024 | yes | yes |
| Jamyia | Bonner | Little Rock | 5/14/2024 | yes | yes |
| Lavonna | Eichelberger | Hot Springs | 5/14/2024 | yes | yes |
| James | Roberts | Sheridan | 5/14/2024 | yes | yes |
If passed, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment would write abortion into the state constitution, allowing thousands of elective abortions in Arkansas every year.
The amendment does not contain any medical licensing or health and safety standards for abortion, and it automatically nullifies all state laws that conflict with the amendment. That jeopardizes even the most basic restrictions on abortion.
The measure contains sweeping health exceptions that would permit abortion through all nine months of pregnancy in many cases.
The amendment also would pave the way for publicly funded abortion in Arkansas by changing Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution that currently prohibits taxpayer funded abortion in the state.
To date, multiple organizations have come out against the amendment, including:
- Arkansas Right to Life
- Family Council Action Committee
- Choose Life Arkansas
- NWA Coalition for Life
- The Arkansas Committee For Ethics Policy
- The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
- Saline Decline to Sign
- Stronger Arkansas
- Stop Abortion On Demand
- Students for Life of America
You can download a copy of the abortion amendment here.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
Group Hires 381 Petition Canvassers to Put Marijuana on the Ballot in Arkansas
The group promoting a marijuana amendment in Arkansas has hired hundreds of petition canvassers to place their measure on the November ballot, according to documents obtained from the Secretary of State’s office via the Freedom of Information Act.
Arkansans for Patient Access has until July 5 to collect 90,704 valid signatures from registered voters. The group has raised nearly $1 million their amendment campaign this year, according to reports filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.
State law lets ballot question committees hire Arkansas residents as petition canvassers to collect signatures.
The list obtained via FOIA indicates Arkansans for Limited Government currently has 381 paid canvassers. The paid canvasser list was first acquired by Family Council Action Committee is available at FamilyCouncilActionCommittee.com.
The marijuana campaign spent more than a quarter-million dollars last month — primarily on petition canvassing.
Most of the campaign’s funding has come from marijuana businesses that would be guaranteed a monopoly if the amendment passes.
Among other things, the amendment fails to limit the amount of THC that marijuana and marijuana products can contain.
Marijuana users would no longer need to show they suffer from a specific medical condition listed in state law — making it easier for people to use marijuana recreationally.
The amendment lets people grow and use marijuana at home, and it would openly legalize marijuana in Arkansas if federal laws against marijuana are repealed.
The measure also repeals significant restrictions on marijuana advertising in Arkansas.
All of this would lead to more marijuana in Arkansas.
Arkansas voters rejected marijuana legalization at the ballot box in 2022. That amendment was opposed by a broad coalition of churches, business groups, elected officials, and citizens who knew that marijuana would be bad for Arkansas. We anticipate similar opposition to the 2024 marijuana amendment.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.