The ballot committee behind the Arkansas Marijuana Amendment of 2024 is suing Secretary of State John Thurston over signature counting discrepancies.
Half of the 35 members of the Arkansas Senate are up for election this November, seven of them in contested races. The Senate is the upper branch of the state’s bicameral legislature, known formally as the General Assembly.
Baker and Wood qualified for the nonpartisan judicial runoff election for the chief justice post by garnering more votes than Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb and attorney Jay Martin in the March 5 election, though none of the candidates won a majority of the votes in the judicial general election.
House District 63 in West Memphis is one of the few areas where Republicans think they can expand their super-majority. With the GOP holding 82 of the state House of Representatives 100 seats, there are only a few seats left that Republicans think they can flip in the Nov. 5 general election.
A political science professor at the University of Arkansas says Tuesday night's debate between the candidates for vice president won't have much of an impact on the election.
The plaintiffs are convention leader Jennifer Lancaster and nearly two dozen other delegates to the convention. They filed their complaint Aug. 26 against Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Joseph Wood and Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston, and filed a preliminary injunction motion Sept. 15.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An effort to expand Arkansas' medical marijuana program fell short of the required signatures and won't qualify for the November ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday. Arkansans for Patient Access, the group behind the measure, said it planned to take legal action to appeal Thurston's decision.
John C. Davis, a political science professor at the University of Arkansas analyzes the second presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. This was the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
A Crittenden County judge ordered local election officials to conduct early voting at one of three contested West Memphis locations, according to an order filed Monday. “We’re thrilled,” said Attorney Jennifer Standerfer,
Seven of the 54 contested races for seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives this November are open, meaning no incumbent is running. All 100 seats in the Arkansas Legislature’s lower chamber are up for election every two years.