Elections

A panel of journalists and public advocacy experts recently spoke at Thaden School in Bentonville to discuss election coverage, local civic engagement and media literacy.

One wing of the party is suing another amid disagreements over rule implementation and ideology.

Late last month, the winner for the "I Voted" sticker competition in Washington County was announced. Two of the six finalists were fourth graders, including the eventual winner of the contest. The other fourth grader was Avery Cummings.

Earlier this month, the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration announced that tens of thousands of registered voters who had updated or changed their information while at a revenue office may not have had those updates made.

The Washington County Election Commission launched a new competition to design the new "I Voted" sticker to be used in the November election.

Last week the Arkansas state board of election commissioners met and voted to approve a declaratory order that would halt some voter registration forms that are signed electronically.

The Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners met earlier today, passing an emergency order that would not permit county clerks from accepting electronic signatures on voter registration applications.

One of the duties of a county clerk is to register voters who have filled out and signed the appropriate voter registration form. Earlier this year, Washington County Clerk Becky Lewallen began receiving voter registration forms that had been signed electronically.

Next week, the Associated Press’ chief election analyst, Chad Day, will speak on the University of Arkansas campus as the 2024 Roy Reed lecturer as a guest of the University of Arkansas School of Journalism and Strategic Media. This week, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams talked with him about the work the Associated Press does to declare a political winner.

On today's show, the work required to determine an election winner. Chad Day, the Associated Press’ chief elections analyst, will be this year’s Roy Reed lecturer at the University of Arkansas, and we speak with him about elections and more. Plus, sports at NWACC.