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Feels like the last two weeks of pregnancy More than most, this election has the feel of the last two weeks of pregnancy. This thing just NEVER ENDS! I know I already voted. Hope you did too. (IF YOU HAVEN’T TIME’S AWASTIN’ GET OUT THERE!) The work is done. Now let’s get it over with! Something that’s unsettling to me in how the Republican party is behaving. The local and state folks are acting just like you’d expect people to act if they think they’re losing. The photo above is of Katie Couric and a former Republican strategist getting ready to talk about how badly […]

My voting recommendations/information, 2024! From Omni friend Leslie Oelsner Sat, Oct 19 2024 at 2:20 PM From Leslie: My voting recommendations/information, 2024! Many people have seen this informative post from Leslie Oelsner, and been appreciative of her thorough research. We’re sharing it to Omni’s list for your information however you want to use it. I doesn’t reflect a recommendation about who to vote for from Omni. It’s thoughts from an informed Omni member and observer of the political atmosphere of our time. Hello friends, Here are my recommendations on the “how-to’s” of voting plus some opinions on who to vote for, including where […]

What can you do to help Arkansas stand up to the right-wing challenge? Poll Watchers are needed in some of our 56 polling places. Poll Watching has been pretty calm in previous elections. Since we’re not a swing state it may remain that way again. But it’s very important that both major parties have watchers available in the event that something does happen. In charge of recruiting and training Poll Watchers for the Democratic Party can be reached at this email. There’s a brief training, and you’d be assigned to a particular polling place. It’s a community service that can […]

help you neighbors prep too! BallotReady from Ballotpedia https://www.ballotready.org/ An important issue on the ballot this year is Measure #2 – “The Supermajority Vote Requirement”. This measure was proposed and placed on the ballot by super-conservative legislators last year. They don’t like it that Arkansas has a strong method to give citizen voices in Issues like a higher minimum wage, or approval of medical marijuana, for instance. Clearly very important to regular people, but disapproved of by certain groups. You probably noticed that the legislature was very annoyed by the minimum wage measure. Remember how they tried to scratch that […]

There are several ballot measures on the November ballot that Arkansans need to be aware of, and most are not good ones. They’re all worded to confuse us, of course. Here’s the run-down. Special Election and first of the issues on the ballot: Jail Expansion – .25% sales tax for both issues, $113,500,000.00! Jail expansion should be the LAST option for reducing the jail population, not the ONLY option. But that’s what our sheriff thinks. And the Quorum Court majority slavishly agrees.  VOTE NO. Juvenile Court – included in 25% sales tax but can be voted on separately. $28,500,000.00. This issue is […]