Duggar-opposed ordinance protecting LGBT rights drawing record voter turnout in Arkansas
Early voter turnout for a Fayetteville, Arkansas city ordinance protecting the civil rights of LGBT people was record breaking on Friday leading up to the general election scheduled for Tuesday, but official were prepared, 5News reports.
The special election for Ordinance 119 has drawn the attention of high profile anti-gay representatives, including Oregon bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein, who made national news and became a conservative cause celebre for refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. The ordinance has been a source of deep local controversy, with Michelle Duggar last year recording robocalls encouraging voters to defeat it.
“We anticipated that turnout would be very similar to the way it was during the December election,” Election Coordinator Jennifer Price told 5News. “So we planned accordingly for early vote as well as election day.”
Poll workers have been seeing an average 900 people per day in the early voting period — similar to numbers that turn out for general elections.
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