LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ voters will decide Tuesday whether to raise the state’s minimum wage, legalize casinos in four counties and enshrine a voter ID requirement in the state’s constitution.
Although questions will appear on the ballot that would cap the damages that could be awarded in lawsuits and impose strict term limits on legislators, the state Supreme Court disqualified those measures and votes cast for or against them won’t be counted.
The most expensive campaign among the ballot measures has been for the casino legalization proposals. The Cherokee and Quapaw tribes in Oklahoma have spent more than $5.8 million combined on the campaign for the measure. The proposal would also casinos at a dog track and horse track that already offer electronic gambling, as well as in Pope and Jefferson counties.
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