How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans
How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans
A Guardian investigation into the ballot’s demise reveals a confluence of rightwing actors working in parallel to ensure the measure was blocked before it ever reached voters
You telling me they’re fundamentally opposed to the will of the people? The whole democracy idea?
Why do you think they’re gunning so hard for a fascist regime? Because they want to force people into their preference of law, and they do not care if those people feel differently, even if it’s most people that feel that way.
Yes actually. I just found out this morning that the state also won't be counting the votes from the medical marijuana expansion issue (even though it did make it on the ballot) because of Supreme Court/ Huckabee nepo baby fuckery. Makes me furious.
I remember reading about that. It makes me sad that often times we’re are not even pretending anymore.
The legislature HATES the ballot initiative process. They've tried and failed to kill it several times.
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