"The secretary of state's office certified a proposed constitutional amendment for the November ballot Monday that would allow voters to decide Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's measure for a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships," the Arkansas News Bureau reports. "'Only an anti-democratic move from some other party to try to get this initiative thrown off the ballot will deny Arkansas voters the right and the opportunity to decide this issue for themselves,' Halter said at a Capitol news conference announcing certification of signatures he submitted to Secretary of State Charlie Daniels' office. Jerry Cox, executive director of the Family Council, a Christian conservative organization whose Family Council Action Committee opposes a state lottery, said the group would use 'whatever legal means available' to defeat the measure, possibly including a legal challenge."