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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.

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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

Issue 5[1]
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed 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

  1. ^ a b "AR - Election Night Reporting". Arkansas Secretary of State. June 6, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2022.