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Pro-choice campaigners face setback as officials cite missing documentation for disqualification
- Arkansans for Limited Government claims it provided all required documents and plans to contest the decision.
- The rejected petitions leave the campaign short of the signatures needed for the November ballot.
- Opponents used state FOIA laws to access personal information of canvassers, leading to harassment.
- National pro-choice groups had not supported the amendment, focusing resources elsewhere.
- The amendment sought to allow abortions up to 18 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest, and fatal fetal anomalies.
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- John Thurston Arkansas Secretary of State
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