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Arkansas Issue 4

Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2025. 2026 results by county, from Arkansas's official results file: For 56.4%, Against 43.6% statewide.

Statewide

Ballot question: Shall the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission be authorized to issue general obligation bonds under the authority of the Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2025, for the financing and refinancing of the development of water, waste disposal, water pollution control, abatement and prevention, drainage, irrigation, flood control, and wetlands and aquatic resources projects to serve the citizens of the State of Arkansas, in total principal amount not to exceed five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), with no more than one hundred sixty-five million dollars ($165,000,000) in total principal amount of such bonds to be issued to finance and refinance the development of irrigation facilities, in series from time to time in principal amounts not to exceed, without prior approval of the General Assembly, sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in any two-year period beginning on July 1 of each odd-numbered year, which bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State of Arkansas?

A vote for
The ballot's words: "FOR Issuance of State of Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities general obligation bonds."
A vote against
The ballot's words: "AGAINST Issuance of State of Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities general obligation bonds."
For 56.4% Against 43.6%

475,604 for and 368,153 against.

The Secretary of State's notice for Issue No. 4 · Act 578 of 2025 · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

75 counties: For has the most votes in 69, Against has the most votes in 6. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyForAgainstVotes
Arkansas County59.3%40.7%3,936
Ashley County56.2%43.8%5,048
Baxter County57.8%42.2%13,496
Benton County61.8%38.2%93,556
Boone County52.1%47.9%10,802
Bradley County51.7%48.3%2,215
Calhoun County52.4%47.6%1,344
Carroll County53.1%46.9%8,348
Chicot County64.9%35.1%2,870
Clark County51.3%48.7%5,640
Clay County66.6%33.4%3,151
Cleburne County50.2%49.8%9,198
Cleveland County56.0%44.0%2,243
Columbia County57.4%42.6%5,447
Conway County59.1%40.9%6,399
Craighead County59.4%40.6%24,788
Crawford County59.5%40.5%15,420
Crittenden County68.6%31.4%10,368
Cross County58.2%41.8%4,084
Dallas County53.8%46.2%1,636
Desha County57.1%42.9%2,715
Drew County56.5%43.5%4,804
Faulkner County53.2%46.8%38,626
Franklin County51.9%48.1%5,025
Fulton County56.1%43.9%3,221
Garland County58.9%41.1%29,760
Grant County54.8%45.2%5,087
Greene County57.7%42.3%10,132
Hempstead County54.4%45.6%3,941
Hot Spring County53.9%46.1%8,205
Howard County50.4%49.6%3,072
Independence County55.5%44.5%8,807
Izard County57.5%42.5%4,246
Jackson County57.2%42.8%3,157
Jefferson County54.5%45.5%16,210
Johnson County58.0%42.0%6,435
Lafayette County53.6%46.4%1,779
Lawrence County56.9%43.1%3,735
Lee County62.6%37.4%1,963
Lincoln County57.9%42.1%2,373
Little River County45.3%54.7%3,546
Logan County54.9%45.1%5,482
Lonoke County56.4%43.6%21,754
Madison County49.3%50.7%4,946
Marion County51.1%48.9%5,402
Miller County59.4%40.6%10,256
Mississippi County62.3%37.7%7,329
Monroe County59.9%40.1%1,989
Montgomery County53.7%46.3%2,477
Nevada County57.5%42.5%2,012
Newton County42.9%57.1%2,694
Ouachita County56.5%43.5%6,149
Perry County50.7%49.3%3,083
Phillips County63.0%37.0%3,938
Pike County51.4%48.6%2,780
Poinsett County63.2%36.8%5,053
Polk County52.9%47.1%5,086
Pope County53.1%46.9%16,154
Prairie County55.3%44.7%2,257
Pulaski County51.7%48.3%122,399
Randolph County52.4%47.6%4,222
Saline County56.3%43.7%41,757
Scott County48.9%51.1%2,497
Searcy County39.8%60.2%2,398
Sebastian County58.5%41.5%31,580
Sevier County49.2%50.8%2,998
Sharp County59.6%40.4%5,153
St. Francis County62.6%37.4%4,570
Stone County54.3%45.7%4,079
Union County59.4%40.6%10,942
Van Buren County52.8%47.2%5,265
Washington County58.6%41.4%72,697
White County53.1%46.9%21,347
Woodruff County58.8%41.2%1,765
Yell County52.3%47.7%4,419

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Arkansas's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:07 PM. Unofficial until certified. Arkansas's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.