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Proponents of two proposed Arkansas constitutional amendments did not submit their petitions to the Secretary of State’s office on Friday, saying they fell short of the required number of signatures needed to make the November ballot.

Spokespersons for the amendments’ supporters said they intend to resubmit similar proposals in the 2026 election cycle and work to get the General Assembly to enact elements of the proposals into law in 2025.

For AR Kids, the coalition behind the Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024, gathered 69,968 signatures collected from 55 counties, spokesperson Bill Kopsky said at an afternoon press conference. While the group didn’t submit signatures, it did submit an affidavit with a county breakdown of where signatures were collected to the secretary of state.

Act 236 of 2023 required 90,704 signatures from at least 50 counties. Previously, signatures need only be collected from 15 of the state’s 75 counties. 

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“Our runway was about two weeks short,” Kopsky said in a reference to the time constraint the all-volunteer signature campaign was under.

Arkansas Citizens for Transparency and the Arkansas Press Association announced in a joint statement shortly before the 5 p.m. deadline for submitting petitions that they didn’t have the required total number of signatures but had met the minimum signature qualification in 50 counties. The groups sought to place an initiated act to amend the state Freedom of Information Act on the November ballot as well as a constitutional amendment guaranteeing government transparency as a citizen’s right.

“We were closer on the act than the amendment,” said Andrew Bagley, press association president and publisher/editor of The Helena World.

Educational Rights Amendment

For AR Kids and its member groups remain committed to achieving the goals of the proposed amendment, Kopsky said.

 “Arkansas voters deserve a chance to vote on improving the future of all Arkansas kids,” he said.

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The primary goal of the proposed amendment was to hold private schools that receive state funding to the same standards as public schools. The proposal stems from a new voucher program that provides taxpayer money for allowable educational expenses, such as private school tuition.

 The proposed measure also would have guaranteed voluntary universal access to pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, after-school and summer programming, quality special education and assistance for children in families within 200% of the Federal Poverty Line ($62,400 for a family of four).

“Lawmakers have the power to fund proven strategies like pre-K, after-school summer programs, finally doing something to improve our special education system and giving low-income children more support,” Kopsky said. “We believe everything in our proposal is a right.”

Steve Grappe of Stand Up Arkansas, one of the For AR Kids coalition members, said the group spent a lot of time seeking signatures in rural counties “because they’re disproportionately impacted” by the tax funds being funneled to private schools under the LEARNS Act.

“They’re feeling the heat,” he said, noting that parents in urban areas have lots of choices for educating their children while those in rural counties have only public schools.

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Steve Grappe of Stand Up Arkansas holds a map of Arkansas counties where For AR Kids obtained significant percentages of voter signatures in support of the proposed Educational Rights Amendment. Grappe spoke at a press conference Friday, July 5, 2024, at which the ballot question coalition announced it fell short of the necessary total signatures to submit to the Secretary of State’s office. (Photo by Sonny Albarado/Arkansas Advocate)

Grappe noted that volunteers had collected signatures of support from 40% of the voters who voted in the 2020 presidential election, much higher than the required percentage.

Other members of the coalition include the Arkansas Education Association (AEA), Arkansas Conference of the NAACP, the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, The Arkansas Retired Teachers Association and Citizens First Congress (CFC).

AEA President April Reisma thanked the volunteers who endured hot weather and “dishonest” opponents to gather signatures and thanked the citizens who “bravely signed” the petitions.

“We didn’t have outside money,” she said, referring to two groups opposed to the amendment proposal that amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars from wealthy donors, some of whom are not from Arkansas.

For AR Kids relied on 1,200 volunteers, not paid canvassers, Kopsky said.

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“I have immense gratitude for each and every one of them and everything they sacrificed,” he said.

The measure faced opposition from Arkansans for Students and Educators and Stronger Arkansas, two ballot question committees with close ties to the governor. Additionally, the measure was opposed by Family Council Action Committee 2024, which like Stronger Arkansas also opposes the proposed abortion and medical marijuana amendments.

Arkansans for Students and Educators and Stronger Arkansas have received a total of $986,000 and $375,000, respectively, in campaign contributions, according to June financial disclosure documents. Meanwhile, For AR Kids received a total of $8,217 from donors.

Arkansans for Students and Educators issued a statement Friday saying that Arkansans have once again “rejected the status quo of the education establishment that has kept us at the bottom for decades. …[T]he message being sent is crystal clear: Arkansans are demanding bold change for our education system — one that empowers parents, puts students first, and starts to pay teachers what they deserve.”

A key component of the LEARNS Act was establishing a $50,000 minimum salary for Arkansas teachers.

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Elaine Williams, a For AR Kids volunteer from Prescott, told supporters during the press conference:

“We did not lose. We just didn’t have the total. I say that because people believe in what we were trying to do and what we are yet going to do.”

Government transparency

Nate Bell, a former state legislator and chair of the Arkansas Citizens for Transparency ballot question committee, said the group will continue to work for open government.

“An open and transparent government is essential for the future of our democratic institutions because a citizenry without independent information will be unable to make informed judgments about the quality of government they are being provided,” he said. 

Several drafters of a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act in the state Constitution participated in a public forum in Little Rock on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. From left: attorney David Couch, Arkansas Press Association Executive Director Ashley Wimberley, Democratic state Sen. Clarke Tucker, attorney Jen Standerfer and former independent state representative Nate Bell. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
Attorney David Couch, Arkansas Press Association Executive Director Ashley Wimberley, Democratic state Sen. Clarke Tucker, attorney Jen Standerfer and former independent state representative Nate Bell helped draft two government transparency ballot initiatives. They’re pictured here at a November 2023 informational session sponsored by the Arkansas Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)

“Unfortunately, rules have been set that are very arduous and costly and we have learned a lot from this experience that will be valuable in the future,” Bell said in a reference to the higher signature threshold and number of counties required by Act 236 of 2023.

A lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court last year argues the requirement makes it harder for citizen-led petitions to qualify for the ballot. A judge heard arguments in the case in February, but has not yet issued a ruling.

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Ashley Wimberley, the press association director, said deciding not to submit the petitions was difficult but was made “in order to save the dedicated staff in the Secretary of State’s office unnecessary work.”

In a joint statement with ACT, Wimberley expressed gratitude for the campaign’s volunteers and those who donated funds toward the effort.

 “We were short on time. This is a hurdle not an end. This has been an educational process, and we are hopeful that the same is true for our legislators who represent the people who believe in this across the state,” the statement said.

Andrew Bagley, president, Arkansas Press Association (Courtesy photo)
Andrew Bagley, president, Arkansas Press Association (Courtesy photo)

Bagley, installed as the APA president a week ago, served on the Arkansans for a Free Press ballot committee, said: “Polling shows that open government is immensely popular, and it is essential whether it’s at the Capitol or the local level.”

He said the association looks forward to working with lawmakers in next year’s session “to preserve the people’s right to know.”

Arkansans for a Free Press will continue organizing and will file an updated proposal to try to qualify for the 2026 election, he said.

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“I still have hope and believe that we share the concerns of a majority of Arkansans.  We cannot allow Winthrop Rockefeller’s legacy to be erased,” he said, referring to the Arkansas governor in whose term the state Freedom of Information Act became law in 1967.

Other unsuccessful measures

Restore Election Integrity Arkansas, a ballot question committee supporting the Absentee Voting Amendment of 2024, did not submit petitions on Friday.

The proposed constitutional amendment would have limited absentee voting to people who can prove their inability to vote in person. It would have allowed absentee ballots to be distributed within 30 days of election day only to registered voters who are unable to be present at the polls on election day because they are absent from the county where they’re registered to vote, or are hospitalized, incarcerated or in a long-term care facility. 

Restore Election Integrity Arkansas also had proposed a separate measure to require Arkansas elections be conducted with hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots, but it was rejected by the attorney general. 

The Arkansas Supreme Court in May dismissed a lawsuit that asked the high court to independently certify the legal sufficiency of the measures’ ballot titles and popular names and order them placed on the ballot. 

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Pine Bluff resident Dave Dinwiddie did not submit petitions Friday for his initiated act to lower the age requirement from 45 years to 25 years for antique vehicle tags because he did not collect a sufficient number of signatures.

Dinwiddie told the Advocate earlier this week that he collected fewer than 100 signatures of the required 72,563. He said he plans to raise money over the next few years and try again to lower the age requirement for antique tags in 2026.

Antoinette Grajeda, Mary Hennigan and Tess Vrbin contributed to this report.

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The Little Rock Marathon welcomes runners of all experience levels to run its course each year.

That was best exemplified when its winners crossed the finish line.

The marathon featured 1,427 entrants, ages 16 to 80, with race veterans and first-timers of all ages competing Sunday morning.

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This was the 10th marathon for Benjamin Williams, a 42-year-old Baltimore resident originally from Australia. He hadn’t won prior Sunday but finished second in a marathon in Memphis in 2025 and was determined to finally get over the hump in Little Rock.

“It’s amazing,” Williams said. “I mean, it’s such a beautiful course, and it’s my first time in Arkansas. I love the city, and I’m just so excited to do it.

“I was desperate to win this one. I went to the front in the first mile, and then I ran on my own basically the whole way.”

Williams held an advantage of nearly a minute on the next-closet runner through the first 7 1/2 miles. By the time he hit the half marathon point, 13.1 miles, his lead was just shy of four minutes thanks to a 5:41 pace.

Williams won the marathon with a chip time of 2:32:07. Tyreek Gilkey, 22, of Fort Smith came second with a 2:39:02 chip time. Alec Hewett, 33, of Colorado Springs, Colo., finished third with a chip time of 2:39:50.

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“Little Rock is beautiful,” Williams said. “You know, I was focused on the race, but I’ve been able to see it the last few days, just walking around this beautiful city. The course is actually really hard. There’s a hill as you go up to Hillcrest, that neighborhood. That was a long, brutal hill. And then they get you with a little one just here at the end as well. So, yeah, it was a good course, but tough.”

Williams made sure to mention just how far he’s come in his marathon running career after winning his first.

“This is my 10th,” Williams said. “So hopefully it’s by some other people. My first one took me four hours, and I’ve just slowly brought it down.”

Williams also won the 5K on Saturday with a chip time of 16:22.7.

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As for the women’s race, it was first-timer Holly Moser, 25, who claimed first place. The Greeley, Colo., native who recently moved to Jacksonville finished seventh overall and first among female runners with a time of 2:53:23. She was second or third at each of the first five checkpoints before her 6:36 pace from Mile 21 to Mile 23 pushed her into first.

Moser, like most runners that compete in the Little Rock Marathon, highlighted the hills in the western portion of the course, particularly in the Hillcrest neighborhood, as a challenge.

“You guys managed to find every single hill that exists in the city somehow,” Moser said with a laugh. “I’m not sure how you did it, but you did. The energy was there, so it’s easy to get up those hills. And it was fun to kind of sightsee Little Rock. I still haven’t been to a lot of the neighborhood areas since we live in Jacksonville, so it was nice to get to see like a new area that I haven’t gotten to see before.”

Like Williams, Moser also ran the 5K the day before running the marathon. She finished seventh overall and third among women in that with a time of 19:49.4.

Leah Thorvilson, 47, of Bella Vista finished second among women with a chip time of 2:54:49. Erin Bellissimo, 41, of Monument, Colo., finished third with a 3:02:05 chip time.

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One other finish of note was Aaron McCaleb, who was the first marathon athlete overall to finish with a time of 1:59:48. Competing in the hand cycle division, McCaleb, 22, finished nearly 45 minutes before the nearest cyclist.

Temperatures remained favorable and fan support turnout was strong Sunday, giving competitors like Moser the boost they needed.

“The weather was perfect for the first like two hours, and then that sun came out and it got a little warm, but the support was unmatched,” Moser said. “I mean, every single booth that you passed, the vibes were high. Everyone was cheering. People were screaming your name. It’s easy to run fast when you got that many fans.”

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Runners cross the Broadway Bridge into North Little Rock during the Little Rock Marathon on Sunday, March 1, 2026. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/32runners/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)

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Competitors run past the Arkansas state Capitol during the Little Rock Marathon on Sunday, March 1, 2026. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/32runners/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)

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Katie Bowser stops to give her husband Larry Bowser a kiss before turning onto Tenth Street from Main Street during the 2026 Little Rock Marathon Sunday, March 1, 2026, in Little Rock. Katie was running the full marathon. See more photos at https://www.arkansasonline.com/0301Runners/..(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Adam Vogler)

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Marion Milwee, 16, (from left) Jennifer Milwee and Shannon Butler Dixon cheer as Virginia Milwee, their sister, daughter and niece respectively turns on to Commerce Street from Ninth Street during the 2026 Little Rock Marathon Sunday, March 1, 2026, in Little Rock. See more photos at https://www.arkansasonline.com/0301Runners/..(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Adam Vogler)

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Arkansas Bested by Mizzou on Sunday

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It was a tight battle all the way through, but ultimately No. 7 Missouri took down No. 8 Arkansas in Sunday’s SEC dual, 197.425-197.225.

There was plenty for the Gymbacks to be proud of in the meet, starting with the all-around performance of freshman Allison Cucci. She earned a new career high of 39.500, good for the all-around crown and the highest of any freshman in the nation this season. Cucci also tied for first on vault (9.900) and got second on beam (9.925).

Redshirt junior had a fantastic outing as a floor specialist and scored a 9.900 on vault and 9.925 on floor. Both marks were good for a share of first place on the events. Senior Morgan Price earned a big 9.925 at bars anchor, which tied for first on the event.

The last two events of the day kept Arkansas in contention with Mizzou, as the Gymbacks went 49.425 on both floor and beam, the latter a season high.

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Bars

After a 9.675 from Joscelyn Roberson in the lead-off spot, Hailey Klein got the Gymbacks on pace again with a 9.875. Avery King made her collegiate debut next and delivered a great 9.825 routine in a last-minute situation. Her fellow freshmen Avalon Campbell and Allison Cucci went next and scored a 9.750 and 9.800, respectively. Morgan Price anchored with the energy Arkansas needed and capped her routine with a stick to score 9.925. Arkansas finished the bars rotation with a 49.175.

Vault

Cami Weaver and Leah Smith opened the vault rotation with Yurchenko fulls, scoring 9.800 and 9.750. Cucci and Klein were the team’s first 1.5s of the day, and the two scored 9.875 and 9.800, respectively. Lauren Williams went 9.875 in the fifth position and Morgan Price earned a 9.850. The Gymbacks scored 49.200 total on vault.

Floor

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Arkansas started out floor with a 9.825 from Hailey Klein and a 9.850 from Cami Weaver. Cucci then broke into the 9.900 range with a new career high 9.900 midway through the rotation. Smith went 9.850 in the fourth position, keeping Arkansas on pace. Williams and Roberson closed the rotation strong with scores of 9.925 and 9.900, which pushed the Gymbacks’ floor total to 49.425.

Beam

Madison Gustitus began the beam rotation with a 9.775, and Priscilla Park went 9.875 next for the Gymbacks. Klein concluded her all-around day with a 9.850 on beam midway through the final rotation. Cucci came up next and got a huge 9.925, a new personal best for her. Weaver followed with a 9.875, which brought Roberson up to anchor. She did her usual and scored a 9.900, and Arkansas closed the meet with a 49.425 event score on beam, a new season high.

Up Next

Arkansas returns to Bud Walton Arena for its home finale against No. 1 Oklahoma on Friday, March 6. The meet has been deemed a White Out, and the team is pushing fans to help break the NCAA gymnastics attendance record, which is currently just over 16,000. It will also be Senior Night, honoring a fantastic class of Razorbacks. Action is set for 7:15 p.m. and tickets are available online, by phone, or in person. The meet will be streamed live on SEC Network+.

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