2018 Arkansas Issue 5
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{{Infobox referendum
| name = Issue 5
| title = Issue No. 5: An act to increase the Arkansas minimum wage
| yes = 605,784
| no = 279,046
| total = 893,277
| map = 250px
| mapcaption = For
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{{legend|#7d9cbb|60%–70% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}
{{legend|#b6c8d9|50%–60% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}
| notes = Source: Arkansas Secretary of State{{cite web |title=AR - Election Night Reporting|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/92174/Web02-state.216038/#/cid/840 |website=Arkansas Secretary of State |access-date=April 24, 2022 |date=June 6, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110034518/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/92174/Web02-state.216038/ |archive-date=2018-11-10 }}
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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:
{{blockquote|text=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.}}