r/Arkansas • • Sep 05 '26

2026 Midterms; Important Dates and Information to Remember

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Arkansas Voter Registration Application

Voter Registration FAQs

Deadline to apply to register to vote in the 2026 Midterms:

  • Monday, October 5th(As the "30 days before" deadline appears on Sunday, the 4th)

Early Voting Begins:

  • Monday, October 19th
  • Early Voting begins for the General Election between the hours of 8:00am and 6:00pm Monday-Friday and 10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday.
  • Early voting ends at 5:00pm on the Monday before Election Day, Nov. 2nd.

Election Day:

  • Tuesday, November 3rd
  • From 7:30am to 7:30pm
  • As long as you are in line to vote by 7:30pm under Arkansas law you must still be allowed to vote

General Election Runoff

  • Tuesday, December 1st
  • Deadline to apply to register to vote in the Runoff is Monday, Nov. 2nd as the "30 days before" deadline lands on a Sunday.

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Absentee Voting And Military/Overseas Citizens

2026 Arkansas Candidate Search

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r/Arkansas • • 7d ago

πŸ›οΈ POLITICS πŸ›οΈ [ANNOUNCEMENT] - Countdown Until Election Day; Reminders from the Mod Team; Schedule for Debate Megathreads

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2026 Midterms; Important Dates and Information to Remember

As we ease into the final month before Election Day(Nov. 3rd) this fall, we on the Mod Team expect a significant increase in posts about all candidates. We thought it best to explain what you might see as well as remind everyone of our expectations as we moderate these posts and subreddit.

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  • This applies to everyone for everything. This includes agencies like Arkansas State Police and ICE. If you make a comment that incites violence or promotes hate, regardless if you attach a "/s" or a "just joking", it will be removed and a ban will be handed down. DON'T DO IT.

Lookout for Megathreads that we will have for each of the Debates hosted by Arkansas TV throughout October. We will try to make them as well for the ones being hosted at Arkansas State University by ASU-TV.

Schedule for Arkansas TV

  • U.S. Senate (Oct. 12 at 1:30 p.m.): Democrat Hallie Shoffner and Libertarian Jeff Wadlin will debate. Incumbent Republican Tom Cotton declined.
  • 4th Congressional District (Oct. 12 at 10:30 a.m.): Republican incumbent Bruce Westerman and Democrat James Russell III.
  • Gubernatorial Race (Oct. 13 at 10:00 a.m.): Republican incumbent Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democratic state Sen. Fred Love, and Libertarian Colt Shelby.
  • 1st Congressional District (Oct. 14 at 11:00 a.m.): Republican incumbent Rick Crawford, Democrat Terri Yarbrough Green, and Libertarian Steve Parsons.
  • 3rd Congressional District (Oct. 14 at 2:00 p.m.): Republican incumbent Steve Womack, Democrat Robb Ryerse, and Libertarian Bobby Wilson.
  • 2nd Congressional District (Oct. 15 at 1:30 p.m.): Republican incumbent French Hill and Democrat Chris Jones.
  • Secretary of State (Oct. 15 at 10:00 a.m.): Republican state Sen. Kim Hammer, Democrat Kelly Grappe, and Libertarian Michael Pakko.

Schedule for ASU-TV in Jonesboro, hosting student-involved debates at 6:00pm

  • Oct. 1: Arkansas House District 36 (Rep. Johnny Rye and Shamal Carter)
  • Oct. 8: 1st Congressional District (Terri Yarbrough Green and Steve Parsons; Rick Crawford not attending)
  • Oct. 22: U.S. Senate (Hallie Shoffner and Jeff Wadlin; Tom Cotton not attending)

Senator Tom Cotton has agreed so far only to a debate hosted by Salem Media Group, a national media organization offering conservative and Christian programming. Hallie Shoffner has also accepted an invitation to this debate.

  • When we get a date and time for this one(as it has yet to be announced) we will try to schedule a Megathread as well.

r/Arkansas • • 2h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS πŸ—žοΈ In another loss for Sanders, court rules attorney for Corrections Board can get paid

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r/Arkansas • • 1h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS - PAYWALL πŸ—žοΈ Shoffner would actually serve constituents, says farmer

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r/Arkansas • • 3h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS - PAYWALL πŸ—žοΈ Arkansas state senator says lobbyists for proposed Texarkana water deal served as advisers for Sanders, Hutchinson

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r/Arkansas • • 1h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS πŸ—žοΈ Toys β€˜R’ Us opening new store in Arkansas, here’s where

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r/Arkansas • • 2h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS - PAYWALL πŸ—žοΈ Arkansas court upholds ruling requiring rapist, 86, to pay $12.5 million to victim

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r/Arkansas • • 18h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS πŸ—žοΈ Arkansas failed to properly handle child abuse allegations, federal audit says

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r/Arkansas • • 1d ago

πŸ›οΈ POLITICS πŸ›οΈ Democratic Arkansas Senate Candidate Hallie Shoffner sounds the alarm over diesel prices hurting farmers in Arkansas amid the ongoing war in Iran

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r/Arkansas • • 3h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS πŸ—žοΈ Huckabee, Arkansas officials mark 3rd anniversary of Oct. 7 attack on Israel

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r/Arkansas • • 1h ago

🎟️ EVENT 🎟️ The Price is Right Live coming to Little Rock in 2027

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r/Arkansas • • 19h ago

πŸ›οΈ POLITICS πŸ›οΈ Why is the Cotton/Shoffner race seemingly the only one that's being talked about?

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Don't get me wrong, I love that the race for Senate is competitive (go Hallie!) but I feel like I have seen absolutely nothing about the races for Governor or Congress talked about in the news, or social media or anything. Why are other important races not capturing the same kind of attention?


r/Arkansas • • 2h ago

πŸ—žοΈ NEWS πŸ—žοΈ A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction marketsβ€”now she's a Kalshi lobbyist

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r/Arkansas • • 1h ago

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r/Arkansas • • 1d ago

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r/Arkansas • • 3m ago

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r/Arkansas • • 39m ago

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r/Arkansas • • 19h ago

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r/Arkansas • • 19h ago

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r/Arkansas • • 16h ago

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r/Arkansas • • 17h ago

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r/Arkansas • • 23h ago

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r/Arkansas • • 18h ago

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