Kurrus Ex Rel. Arkansans to Protect Police, Libraries, Education, & Services (APPLES) v. Priest

I agree with the majority that the ballot title and the proposed amendment are misleading in the extreme. Nothing less is at stake here than the total restructuring of how all revenue is raised in this state for spending at all levels of government. That point, however, is obfuscated by the drafting of the proposal. The ballot title and the amendment speak throughout in terms of taxes. However, an “increase in taxes” is defined so broadly that any revenue increase falls within that definition. Witness the language from the ballot title: “Providing that...the changing of any law or rule which…