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● AR Ballot & NE Ballot: Reproductive rights advocates in Nebraska and Arkansas both submitted signatures last week to place amendments guaranteeing the right to an abortion on their respective states' ballots this fall. However, election officials still need to determine whether each measure―as well as a rival amendment in Nebraska backed by conservatives―will qualify for the ballot.
A group called Protect Our Rights, which is spearheading the abortion rights effort in Nebraska, says that it submitted about 207,000 signatures, which the campaign said was the most in state history.
