ARKANSAS, USA — One of the biggest and most debated issues on this year's midterm ballot in Arkansas was Issue 4, which was the push to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.
The Associated Press is reporting voters in Arkansas have chosen to not legalize recreational marijuana.
Arkansas Issue 4 was the only citizen-proposed measure on the 2022 ballot, meaning that it garnered Arkansas residents' signatures in order to get in front of voters on the 2022 ballot. The other three issues were introduced by state lawmakers.
The bill traveled a rocky road to get onto the ballot and is the only citizen-initiated measure that made it this year after getting nearly 200,000 signatures— far more than the approximately 89,000 required.
It nearly met the same fate that all cannabis proposals met in past elections, except the 2016 vote for medical marijuana.
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News partner KTHV in Little Rock contributed to this report.