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Issue 3 Economic Development Districts Amendment

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Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)On the November 3, 2026 ballot

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Issue 3: Economic Development Districts Amendment
No led with 50.7% as of November 4, 2026, Talk Business & Politics reported.Talk Business & Politics, “Issue 3 trails; voters approve other constitutional amendments”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.

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Arkansas Issue 3 (Economic Development Districts Amendment) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Ballot title (SJR 15): "An amendment to the Arkansas Constitution concerning economic development in the State of Arkansas; and authorizing the General Assembly to provide for the creation of economic development districts within cities, counties, or cooperative areas to promote economic development within the economic development district." The text lets the General Assembly create programs and make loans and grants of public money for economic development and allows economic development districts to issue bonds that do not count toward certain constitutional debt limits.

As of November 4, 2026, Talk Business & Politics reported that Arkansas Issue 3 was trailing, with no leading at 50.66%; the result is unofficial until Arkansas certifies it.

What a yes or no vote means

A YES vote Supports allowing the General Assembly to create economic development programs, including economic development districts, to make loans and grants of public money for economic development, and to let those districts issue bonds outside certain constitutional debt limits.
A NO vote Keeps the current constitutional limits on loans and grants of public money and on how political subdivisions may lend credit for private projects.
Read the certified ballot question

Ballot title (SJR 15): "An amendment to the Arkansas Constitution concerning economic development in the State of Arkansas; and authorizing the General Assembly to provide for the creation of economic development districts within cities, counties, or cooperative areas to promote economic development within the economic development district." The text lets the General Assembly create programs and make loans and grants of public money for economic development and allows economic development districts to issue bonds that do not count toward certain constitutional debt limits.

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How it reached the ballot

Issue 3 reached the Arkansas ballot as a constitutional amendment (legislative referral).

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