Voting

Washington County Elections Director Jennifer Price discusses the "Election Saurus" program, which lets kids vote on dinosaurs using real election equipment at local libraries.

With 77% of Arkansas races uncontested in 2024, a former candidate, a civic educator and a voter outreach organizer discuss what's keeping Arkansans from the polls.

With Election Day approaching, voters in Washington and Benton counties share what brought them out to cast their ballots early in the 2026 Arkansas primary election.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders scheduled special elections for Senate District 26 and House District 70, despite calling the court orders to do so "unlawful."

There aren’t major elections in 2025 in Arkansas, but for the Voter Participation Center, there’s no wrong time to register eligible voters. Ozark at Large's Matthew Moore speaks with Tom Lopach, president and CEO of the nonprofit organization.

On today's show, a national organization is working in Arkansas to register eligible voters. Plus, a conversation about the history of the original Ozark Folk Festival and Roby Brock with Talk Business and Politics talks with the new state secretary of human services.

Organizations across Arkansas have formed a coalition to propose a ballot measure that protects voters’ rights to participate in direct democracy.

On today's show, we hear from a group of organizations in Arkansas that are coming together to protect direct democracy on the ballot. Plus, residents of Franklin County gathered last week to challenge an impending prison being built. We also discuss why Osage Park in Bentonville is more than just a green space.

An Arkansas group is working to make it easier to amend the state constitution. Protect AR Rights wants to put an amendment on the ballot to strengthen the canvassing process altogether.

The U.S. House of Representatives has proposed and passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which now moves to the Senate. The SAVE Act follows President Donald Trump's executive order to overhaul how elections are run in the U.S., including requiring documentation of citizenship.