News media are reporting the Eureka Springs City Council will hold a special election this May to let voters decide whether to keep the city’s controversial “nondiscrimination” ordinance hastily passed earlier this month.
According to reporters, this move preempts the petition process underway in Eureka Springs to repeal the ordinance, and it will give the city council control over the wording of the ballot.
The Conway City Council passed an ordinance earlier this week addressing city employment policies based on sexual-orientation and gender-identity.
Many argue these ordinances will be nullified when Act 137 (formerly known as Senate Bill 202) takes effect later this year.
