The Public Policy Center at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has provided neutral information on statewide ballot measures since 2004. Despite the unsettled status of proposed ballot issues, the agency has fact sheets on all of the statewide issues at its website, www.uaex.edu/ballot.
The Ballot Issues
Issue 1 – Making permanent a 0.5% state sales tax that currently funds state, county and city road work;
Issue 2 – The Arkansas Term Limits Amendment;
Issue 3 – Changing Arkansas' Citizen Initiative Process, Votes Required for Legislative Ballot Issue Proposals and Publication Requirements.
A voter guide with in-depth information on each of the issues, including what for/against votes mean and what supporters and opponents have to say about the proposals, is available at www.uaex.edu/ballot. Election Day is Nov. 3. Early voting starts Oct. 19.
A limited number of printed voter guides are available at the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service, 500 S. Idaho St., at Pine Bluff. Details: Pia Woods, Extension Service staff chair, 870-534-1033.