2018 Arkansas Issue 5
2018 Arkansas Question 5 was a ballot measure in Arkansas held on November 6, 2018, to gradually raise the minimum wage in Arkansas to $11.00 an hour by 2021.
Issue No. 5: An act to increase the Arkansas minimum wage | |||||||||||||||||||
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70%–80%
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| Source: Arkansas Secretary of State[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Contents
The exact text of the ballot measure read:
An act to amend the Arkansas code concerning the state minimum wage; the act would raise the current state minimum wage from eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per hour to nine dollars and twenty-five cents ($9.25) per hour on January 1, 2019, to ten dollars ($10.00) per hour on January 1, 2020, and to eleven dollars ($11.00) per hour on January 1, 2021.
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Yes |
605,784 | 68.46 |
| No | 279,046 | 31.54 |
| Valid votes | 884,830 | 99.05 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 8,447 | 0.95 |
| Total votes | 893,277 | 100.00 |
References
- "AR - Election Night Reporting". Arkansas Secretary of State. June 6, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
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