Ballot measure · Arkansas · November 3, 2026

Issue No. 4

Title as the state lists it: Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 20251,2,3,4

Research draftReferred by the legislatureBond
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Bond
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would let the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission issue up to $500 million in state general obligation bonds, backed by the state's full faith and credit, for water, waste disposal, pollution control, drainage, irrigation, flood control and wetlands projects, with at most $165 million for irrigation and no more than $60 million in any two-year period without the legislature's approval.2,3

A no vote

A no vote would not allow these bonds, so the commission could not sell or issue them and the 2025 act would have no further effect, while its authority under earlier bond laws would stay as it is.3 Ark. Code §§ 15-20-1519(b) and 15-20-1520, as added by Act 578

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4

Bond. It would authorize borrowing through the sale of bonds.1,2,3,4

This is a statewide question on whether to allow bonds authorized by Act 578 of the 2025 regular session, which the act says may not be issued without voter consent.2,3 Ark. Code § 15-20-1518, as added by Act 578

It is on Arkansas's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,4 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Arkansas's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. The bonds are approved if a majority of the voters who vote on the question vote for them.3 Ark. Code §§ 15-20-1518(a)(1) and 15-20-1519, as added by Act 578