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Recent News About Arkansas Secretary of State
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Analysis: 'Hyper-partisan' voter data group ERIC has 26 states rejecting membership, including Arkansas
An analysis by Natural State News shows Arkansas is one of 26 states without a membership with ERIC, a national voter data group accused of "hyper-partisanship."
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America First Legal: ‘There is no reason for a foreign national to be on’ Arkansas voter rolls
America First Legal (AFL) has sent a letter to each senior election official of all 50 states, including to Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston, to advise on two federal laws that allow states to request and obtain accurate information on an individual’s citizenship status and their ability to vote.
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Analysis: Arkansas among 26 states not part of 'hyper-partisan' voter data group
Arkansas is among 26 states that have resigned from or are not members of a national voter data group accused of partisanship in its work to expand voter rolls and lacking in transparency, an analysis by the Natural State News found.
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State elections official mum on reform plan to bar noncitizen voting
Arkansas' elections chief, Secretary of State John Thurston, did not respond to a request for comment about a reform plan proposed by the advocacy group Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) to bar all noncitizens from voting in any Arkansas election.
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Thurston: For the People Act is 'one of the biggest government overreaches in the history of our country'
Arkansas will be stripped of its constitutionally derived authority to administer elections under the For the People Act of 2021, say critics of the measure.