LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A group that wants voters to consider whether legislators may allow lawsuits against the state has filed a lawsuit claiming Arkansas’ attorney general is improperly blocking the way issues are placed on ballots.
The Committee to Restore Arkansans’ Rights filed suit in Pulaski County on Wednesday. It says Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has kept issues off the ballot in violation of the state constitution, including one it proposed.
The group wants to change Arkansas’ sovereign immunity status. It says Arkansas’ constitution says no laws can “restrict, hamper or impair” rights reserved to the people, including proposing changes to the constitution. It says Rutledge has rejected 62 of 62 suggested ballot issues since 2016 and says there are “no boundaries” on her discretion.
Rutledge’s office says she is reviewing the lawsuit.
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