Arkansas voters decide four statewide ballot measures on Nov. 3, 2026

Arkansas voters will settle four statewide questions in the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. Three are proposed amendments to the state’s 1874 Constitution, and the fourth is a bond question. The legislature sent all four to the ballot. The details below come from a release by the Division of Agriculture, republished by the Arkadelphian on Oct. 9, which announced a neutral voter guide for the election. The same release gives Oct. 19, 2026, as the first day of early voting.

The four measures on the ballot

The release lists the questions as Issues 1 through 4. It places them at the end of the ballot, with the three constitutional amendments first and the bond question after them. It describes each one in a single line.

• Issue 1 is a constitutional amendment about voter eligibility. It concerns eligibility to vote in the state.
• Issue 2 is a constitutional amendment whose popular name is the Right to Keep and Bear. The release gives the name only, and the guide’s questions and answers address what each proposal would do.
• Issue 3 is a constitutional amendment that would let lawmakers set up programs, loans and grants financed with public money, and set up economic development districts.
• Issue 4 is a bond question. It concerns issuing up to $500 million in bonds for water, waste disposal and pollution abatement.

The release is a neutral description rather than an endorsement, and this article follows the same approach. It takes no side on any of the four.

What the ballot shows, and what it does not

For each proposed amendment, voters see two elements when they cast a ballot: the popular name and the ballot title. According to the release, every amendment carries more information than those two elements, and the additional material does not appear on the ballot itself.

The Public Policy Center’s website carries the complete wording of every proposal. It also links to agency documents listing those who have formally filed in support of or against an issue. In practice, the complete wording and those filings are the places to look for anything beyond the name and the title.

What the 2026 voter guide contains

The Public Policy Center, part of the Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas, produced its 2026 voter guide to the Arkansas ballot issues. The release calls the guide neutral and says it exists so that voters can learn about the proposed amendments before they vote. The guide covers four things:

• how each proposal will be worded on the ballot;
• what a vote for and a vote against each proposal means;
• questions and answers about what the proposals would do;
• the viewpoints of supporters and of opponents.

How the center prepares its fact sheets

The center says it has published fact sheets on every statewide ballot measure since 2004, so that voters can better grasp the questions they face on Election Day. The release states that each fact sheet goes through a vetting process, which includes reviews by people who support the issue and by people who oppose it. Guides from earlier elections are collected in the center’s archive.

The release also gives two figures from 2024. In that year it handed out over 48,000 copies of its voter guides in all 75 of the state’s counties. Its web pages that educate readers on ballot issues drew 371,867 views between Sept. 1 and Nov. 11, 2024. Both numbers are the center’s own, as reported in the release.

Why the center urges voters to prepare

Stacey McCullough, who directs the Public Policy Center, spoke in the release about preparing before Election Day. She said that understanding what a ballot measure contains, and deciding in advance how to vote, can make voting less stressful and leave people more confident in their choice. She described the guide and the center’s other online resources as a good place to start.

Where to get the guide

The 2026 guide is available in two forms:

• Online: a download at uada.edu/ballot.
• In print: copies at the county offices of the Cooperative Extension Service. The Clark County office is at 640 S. 6th St. in Arkadelphia.

For questions about the guide itself, the release names Kristin Netterstrom Higgins of the Division of Agriculture as the contact and gives her details at its end. For extension programs in general, it points readers to their local Cooperative Extension Service agent.

Dates to keep in mind

• Oct. 9, 2026: date on which the Arkadelphian published the Division of Agriculture release announcing the guide.
• Oct. 19, 2026: first day of early voting for the November general election in Arkansas, according to the release.
• Nov. 3, 2026: Election Day, when voters decide the four statewide questions.

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