Green Party submits 17,197 signatures to the Sec. of State

In an effort to comply with a revised Arkansas law on third party ballot access, the Green Party of Arkansas just submitted more than 17,000 signatures within the required 60 days to get on the 2008 ballot. The revised statute requires 10,000 signatures from valid Arkansas voters. I voted against the 2007 legislation on the basis that it seemed to violate federal constitutional standards pursuant to Judge Eisele's ruling in Lendall v Jernigan, 424 F. Supp. 951 (E.D. Ark. 1977). The Secretary of State's office will now begin reviewing the petition and signatures. Here's the article from the Associated Press.

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Green Party of Arkansas
Previous commentary on this legislation on the blog (see paragraph five)