Earlier this year, Townhall covered how the Arkansas secretary of state rejected the signature petitions for a radical pro-abortion ballot initiative. As a result, the issue did not make the ballot.
Secretary of State John Thurston said that the group failed to submit a sworn statement both identifying paid canvassers by name and confirming that these canvassers were properly trained on collecting signatures. Due to this, the initiative was disqualified.
A pro-abortion amendment is on the ballot in another state, and polls show that a majority of voters support it. But, will it be enough to pass?
A ballot measure in Florida to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution is supported by a majority of constituents, but not enough to pass.
A survey conducted by St. Pete Polls for FloridaPolitics.com showed that 54 percent of voters in the state support the radical pro-abortion amendment. But, this is below the 60 percent threshold needed for the amendment to pass.
In the survey, there were 8 percent of voters who indicated that they were undecided (via The Hill):
The poll of 1,227 likely Florida general election voters was conducted from Oct. 23-25 with a 2.8 percentage point margin of error. Nearly 80 percent of Democrats said they were in favor of the amendment, while nearly 59 percent of Republicans said they were against it.
Supporters of the amendment hope to persuade the undecided voters, who comprise 9 percent of Republicans and 7.5 percent independents, according to the poll.
In August, Townhall reported that a poll released by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Mainstreet USA found that 56 percent of voters in the states support the pro-abortion amendment.
FAU’s survey was conducted from Saturday, August 10th to Sunday, August 11th, 2024, among a sample of 1055 registered voters, 18 years of age or older, living in Florida.