A Guardian investigation into the ballot\u2019s demise tells a more complicated story than just a bureaucratic screw-up, revealing a confluence of rightwing actors working in parallel to ensure it never got to voters: a reclusive donor who has helped shape the anti-abortion movement across the US; the inner circle of Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has proclaimed Arkansas \u201cthe most pro-life state in the country\u201d; and judges who are supposed to be non-partisan but are deeply aligned with the state\u2019s Republican party.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone knew there was going to be a pretty organized and well funded effort to keep it off the ballot, says Ashley Hudson, a rising Democratic star who represents west Little Rock in the Arkansas state legislature. \u201cIs it collusion, directly? I don\u2019t know. But I think there are a lot of people with aligned interests.\u201d<\/p>\n
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