Arkansas Immigration Ballot Initiative Signatures Fall Short

Secure Arkansas: Chairman Jeannie Burlsworth said supporters were about 5,000 signatures short of the 61,974-signature threshold for making the Nov. 4 general election ballot. She went on to say, Secure Arkansas is NOT going away. We didn't get our required number of 61,974 signatures or the 30-day extension, but we're forming a NONPARTISAN POLITICAL FORCE because the illegal alien crisis is a VERY important issue in Arkansas.

People may still go to the Secure Arkansas site and register for future information. Despite falling short, Burlsworth said she was pleased with the effort because more than 4% of the registered voters in 26 counties signed the petition whereas, state law required 4% of signatures in at least 15 counties across the state. She said public forums with lawmakers and citizens will be held over the next six months in each of the state's 75 counties in advance of the regular session, which convenes in January. "We're excited about the future," Burlsworth said. "We're going to look at how each county has been affected by the illegal alien crisis."

Postscript: Looking back, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel repeated denials of the Secure Arkansas ballot initiative greatly shortened the time available for Secure Arkansas supporters to collect signatures. One has to wonder if the Attorney General had not had campaign connections from those wishing to keep cheap illegal alien labor, and if he had approved the ballot initiative in a timely fashion, would the results have been the same? Based on the rate of signatures gathered, Secure Arkansas most likely would have secured more than enough signatures if the AG had not denied the initiative so many times. It is unfortunate, that the AG responsible for upholding the rule of law, should have been the person most responsible for the failure to secure enough signatures on a ballot initiative to help protect Arkansas citizens. Elections matter!

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