Repeal of the Arkansas Marriage Amendment

Ballot Measure: To repeal the 2004 state ban on same-gender civil marriage.
Type: Constitutional Amendment proposed by Arkansans for Equality
Date Filed: 27 June 2013

Summary:

• AFE proposed a constitutional amendment to only repeal the 2004 ban on same-gender civil marriage.
• On 13 August 2013, the AR attorney general approved the wording of the AFE proposal. 

The Arkansas Marriage Amendment

Ballot Measure: To repeal the existing ban on same-gender civil marriage and also to legalize such unions.
Type: Citizens’ initiative proposed by Arkansas Initiative for Marriage Equality
Date Filed: 7 November 2013

Summary:

• On 7 November 2013, AR Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the AIME ballot measure to repeal the existing ban on same-gender civil marriage and also to legalize such unions.
• On 18 January 2014, AIME began petitioning to repeal the 2004 constitutional ban against same-gender civil marriage, via the 2016 ballot. Valid signatures are needed from at least 10% of all 2014 voters and 5% of the voters in 15 counties.

Arkansas Ballot Initiative #3 (Name TBD)

Ballot Measure: To repeal ban on same-gender marriage as well as to legalize same-gender unions.
Type: Constitutional amendment proposed by Arkansas Initiative for Marriage Equality
Date Filed: 10 July 2013