Arkansas secretary of state's office says it counted 87,675 signatures for abortion amendment, still short of ballot threshold

July 25, 2024 at 4:17 p.m.

by Neal Earley

FILE - Boxes containing signatures supporting a proposed ballot measure to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban are delivered to a room in the state Capitol, July 5, 2024, in Little Rock, Ark. The signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for ballot if those are the only ones counted, according to an initial tally from election officials filed with the state Supreme Court on Thursday, July 25. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)
FILE - Boxes containing signatures supporting a proposed ballot measure to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban are delivered to a room in the state Capitol, July 5, 2024, in Little Rock, Ark. The signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for ballot if those are the only ones counted, according to an initial tally from election officials filed with the state Supreme Court on Thursday, July 25. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)

The Arkansas secretary of state's office announced Thursday it has finished counting the signatures collected by volunteers for the abortion amendment, estimating a total of 87,675.

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