by Steve Brawner (BRAWNERSTEVE@MAC.COM)
A day after saying it had failed to collect enough signatures to qualify its referendum for the ballot, the anti-LEARNS Act group Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students (CAPES) now says it thinks it qualified.
“It’s a wait and see but we expect the number to be above the needed initial count,” said CAPES Executive Director Steve Grappe.
After an all-out push, the all-volunteer group believed it was still 500 signatures short of the 54,422 it needed to qualify for the ballot when it submitted its signatures to the secretary of state’s office Monday (July 31).
