A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REPEAL THE PROVISION OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 5, § 1, ALLOWING THE SPONSOR OF AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM PETITION TO CORRECT OR AMEND A PETITION.

HJR 1016 would remove a provision allowing petition sponsors to fix errors in initiative or referendum petitions after state officials (like the Secretary of State) declare them incomplete. Currently, sponsors can correct petitions if they have at least 75% of required signatures statewide and from 15 counties. This bill would eliminate that correction window, requiring petitions to be complete on first submission. It directly affects groups gathering signatures for ballot measures in Arkansas.