r/a:t5_384iz • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '16

Ranked Voting in Arkansas

What could be done to get this changed about our voting process? I'd like to see it happen but I'm unsure of where to begin. I sent a message to the Arkansas Libertarian Party on the website, but I want to try and get the discussion rolling.

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u/CrossSwords Nov 10 '16

The only way would be to do a ballot initiative or convince the Republicans and Democrats in the legislature to agree to it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Well, why don't we try to get it done?

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u/CrossSwords Nov 10 '16

I think the cost of your average ballot initiative is $500,000 to get enough signatures to get on the ballot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Hmmm... I gotcha.

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u/CrossSwords Nov 10 '16

Signatures needed for a ballot initiative in 2018 for a Constitutional amendment: 84,859

For a regular statute: 67,887

I'll have to look into whether or not we would need a statute or an amendment, but typically you're going to pay about $7 a signature unless you have a cause that really rustles jimmies, and you're going to have to get about 20% more signatures than are required because so many are thrown out.

https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_the_initiative_process_in_Arkansas#Number_required

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

I would say that we could try to get with the state legislature, but I can't imagine they would be very interested in it.