Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday rejected two proposed constitutional amendments to remove voting machines from Arkansas’ election process.

One proposal would require hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots, while the other would create absentee ballot procedures.

Griffin cited several reasons for rejecting the proposed popular name and ballot title of both initiatives, including a lengthy popular name, “partisan coloring language” and ambiguities.

Arkansas AG rejects proposed measure to conduct elections via hand-marked paper ballots