McDaniel rejects ballot initiative

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel rejected a proposed ballot measure by the grassroots organization Secure Arkansas, which seeks to require state agencies to verify that those seeking public benefits in Arkansas be legal residents.

The reasons for rejecting the initiative include (1) ambiguities in the text, (2) its 923-word title being too wordy, and (3) that the ballot's title may "lend partisan coloring" by saying it will deny benefits currently being offered. The group can revise and resubmit the proposal. Here's the Associated Press article.