Washington County Courthouse
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Early voting for the Nov. 6 general election began at 8 a.m. Monday at two locations in Washington County. Registered voters may stop by either site to cast early votes.
Two rooms are open for early voting at the Washington County Courthouse and one area is available at the Springdale Rodeo Center.
Voters can check their voter registration information by using the Arkansas Secretary of State’s Voter View website at voterview.ar-nova.org (mobile version here). The site also includes previews of election day ballots for each voter district.
Washington County Courthouse
280 N. College Ave., Fayetteville
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County Clerk’s Office – Oct. 22 to Nov. 5
Paper ballots only
Monday through Friday – 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday Nov. 5 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Quorum Court Room (second floor) – Oct. 22 to Nov. 5
Touchscreens only
Monday through Friday – 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday Nov. 5 – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Springdale Rodeo Center
1423 E. Emma St., Springdale
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Touchscreens only
Monday through Friday – 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
* Closed Nov. 5
For more information visit the Washington County website or call the County Clerk’s office at 479-444-1711.
Thanks for the info, FF. I just early-voted and want to emphasize something I think is important: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SHOW PHOTO ID TO VOTE.
Details at your link to the County Web site, quoting, emphasis added:
3) REQUEST the voter to provide ONE of the following forms of identification::
i) Valid photo identification issued by a Government Agency; or
ii) Copy of a: Current Utility Bill, Bank Statement, Government Check, Paycheck, or other valid government document that shows the name and address of the voter.
(SUCH AS A VOTER REG CARD)
I got thrown some shade by the election official when I refused to show picture ID. Unfortunately, a lot of people will simply surrender their enfranchisement because they don’t have a photo ID, even though it is clearly stated at the polling place that you only need to provide name, DOB and residence.
****ers.
I have always wanted to ask them if that was required. I’ve never voted when I wasn’t asked for ID.
Glute, I had my ID. I just don’t like the principle of requiring picture ID, and I wanted to be contrary a little bit, I admit. I’m sure that will come as a surprise to you!
No, its no surprise. I felt the same F-U urge come over me when I am asked, but I’ve never acted on it.
The odds of voter fraud aren’t really high I suspect. Someone would have to get their hands on your utility bill or bank statement or whatever as well as get to the polls before you do. But requiring valid photo ID still seems like fine common sense, and I’m as liberal as they come. I think a fine alternative would be 2 or 3 of the non-photo forms of ID.
“Between 2000 and 2010, there were:
649 million votes cast in general elections
47,000 UFO sightings
441 Americans killed by lightning
13 credible cases of in-person voter impersonation”
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/voter-id-laws-charts-maps
Facts! Me love facts!
Don’t forget to vote for Medical Marijuana!
Not gonna happen.
It might not happen, but the biggest battle is getting it on the ballot and to start having the discussion. The chances will be better during a non-Prez election anyway.
Excited about this one.
Dude, you should have to show an I’d to vote. I could go as a number of people, maybe even you next time.
Wow, how very poll tax of you.
Quite possibly you’ve been spending too much time reading GOP talking points. Or, if reading isn’t your thing, maybe listening to Rush/Fox etc.
Since the candidates for office don’t have to prove that they’re no lying when they campaign, why should a citizen have to prove that he is not lying when he votes?
Most election fraud is perpetrated by election officials, candidates, and consultants.
love this.
+1 x infinity
there’s much more danger that touch screen machines will get hacked and flipped than any danger from voter id fraud.
I’m not really prone to buying into conspiracies, but I haven’t yet chosen a touchscreen ballot.
Do either one of you guys have a life? Go troll some other forum.
Yeah, because democracy isn’t worth fighting for.
It’s too bad flyer site doesn’t nest reply comments in the mobile version, no telling what replies to what.
If you live in Ward 4, Fayetteville, I would greatly appreciate your vote. To find out more about my campaign please go to http://www.LongWard4.com. I sincerely hope that I have to opportunity to serve Fayetteville and most importantly you, the citizens of Fayetteville.
Thank you,
Alan Long
Candidate for Fayetteville City Council, Ward 4
http://www.LongWard4.com
longward4@gmail.com
How do feel about showing I’d when you register to vote? If you support that, what is the difference? If you don’t support showing I’d to register to vote then you might as well tell kids cheating on school tests is ok too.
That’s a false analogy. Perhaps you should propose another one.
Please let us know when you’ve looked up “analogy” and corrected the illogical statement above. We’ll wait.
RE “How do feel about showing I’d when you register to vote?”
For one thing, the purpose is different. You are asked to show ID (damned autocorrect) when registering to vote because it is used to verify your voting precinct as well as your identity, so you can vote in the appropriate races. However, as your identity is verified at the same time, and you affirm it every time you vote, it should not be necessary to show ID each time you vote. Of course you are welcome to show your ID, since you seem to be afraid that nobody will believe you.
RE “If you don’t support showing I’d to register to vote”
Nobody has said that. We’re talking about showing ID to vote.
RE “then you might as well tell kids cheating on school tests is ok too.”
Taking the word of people who are affirming something they have sworn to earlier is not the same thing as telling kids that it is okay to cheat. It is telling kids that citizenship and participating in electoral procedures carries a bit of honor.
Great article in the paper today by John Brummett about Issue 5. I was on the fence but now will Definetely not vote for in favor of this issue. Recommended reading. Make your own opinion.
Brummet’s argument against issue 5 (medical marijuana) is unfounded. The young man he refers to who died tragically from effects of drugs (1) lived under a regime that made marijuana totally illegal. A 100% prohibition didn’t save this young man; (2) there is no evidence that the young man’s death was in any way caused by marijuana. The case FOR medical marijuana — the good that it can do medically and in alleviating pain for many people — is much clearer and broader than Brummet’s isolated example and problematic argument against .
Very nice article. Well done.
Cheating is cheating. Lying is lying. If you don’t like being asked for I’d for your own protection..how about handing me your checkbook and credit cards!!!.
However, not cheating is not cheating, and not lying is not lying. There have been very few verified instances of the “cheating and lying” you are so concerned about– you are more likely to be hit by an asteroid that to encounter in-person voter fraud. On the other hand, there are far more verified instances of disenfranchisement as a result of reactionary voter ID laws. That is the cheating that should be your primary concern.
why are you so scared of showing your ID?
HILARIOUS to me the people worried about ID fraud but totally nonchalant about the easy scammery of vote-stealing that can be done via electronic voting machines. If you don’t know about the shadiness in Ohio in 2004, look up Michael Connell’s story.
The argument that pot is THE gateway drug doesn’t wash. Do you consider alcohol to be a gateway drug? Fact is most people can drink alcohol and not become alcoholics just as most can smoke pot and not become addicted to anything. Becoming addicted as less to do with the substance of choice and more to do with the poor coping skills and stress management and precede substance abuse. Sure if you drink enough booze for long enough you’ll get addicted to it. But it doesn’t mean that the vast majority can’t handle these substances in moderation and then hang up the phone.
This medical cannabis law would not make pot any more available to minors than it already is. If a kid wants it, they’ll find it regardless of making cannabis available medically to suffers of cancer, alzheimers,glaucoma, those with chronic pain.
60 minutes did a spot on medical marijuana in Colorado on Sunday. When it said the result has been more pot dispensaries than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined, I jumped to the side that argues if it is provided medically, it should be through pharmacies.
there’s no need for pharmacies to be involved. one beauty of medical cannabis is that it is in the hands of the general public without profit driven industry middle men involved. its a rare opportunity to take control of an aspect of our healthcare. just regulate the number of dispensaries as this bill does. anyway who cares how many dispensaries there are in colorado—they can deal with it if its a problem.
Name someone you know that doesn’t have an I’d. Name someone you know that can’t vote because they are too “disenfranchised”. Your argument is silly. You are just being a parrot for CNN.
RE “Name someone you know that doesn’t have an I’d.”
I did not have a state-issued photo ID until I was almost thirty years old.
RE “Name someone you know that can’t vote because they are too ‘disenfranchised’.”
I do not know anybody personally who has been disenfranchised– partly because there has not been an election since many voter ID laws were passed, and partly because the courts have struck down or delayed the effect of voter ID laws.
RE “Your argument is silly.”
Your attempt to personalize the effect of voter ID laws is silly. How many voters do you know who have committed in-person voter fraud?
RE “You are just being a parrot for CNN.”
I’m repeating information I have acquired from several sources; CNN is not one of them. And you are parroting…?
Can you say all that again…but a bit louder? You just made my point. I will concede that people who live with their parents and never hold a job until they are thirty might not have an I’d.
Then you just made HIS point. Implement.
RE “You just made my point.”
You might as well claim that I turned lead into gold. Coming up with your point would require similar alchemy.
I did not get a driver’s license until I was thirty-seven, and I never needed an ID card before I was thirty because there was no requirement to show one in order to vote. I moved out of my parents’ house when I was eighteen. I probably would have moved out even if they had had a basement.
Implements are useful and serve a purpose larger than themselves. If you can’t see the sarcasm in my statements about not needing an I’d during a decade of adulthood because your still being supported by your parents…..then I understand your thought process a little better. I guess if mom is driving her thirty year old adult son from the basement to the polling booth…..he might have a problem showing an I’d….unless mom can dig his birth certificate out of the bottom of her purse. It would be right next to his manhood.
Nah, you see, your “points” would be much better if your grammar was correct and your condescension was in check. Even if someone was 30 years old and living in mom’s basement, he’d have a right to vote. But your attitude is all the more reason why people need to be aware of their rights, because there’s always someone who’s more than happy to deny them.
But you know, once people couldn’t vote if they were not white males, so times change. Fortunately, these people are becoming more and more marginalized. You should look into that whole “melting pot” thing, you might find it interesting. Or not.
Far be it from me to decrease the satisfaction you derive from being an implement.
Let us know when you get to home base with that tree.
Amazing.” These people”. Wow. When all else fails…make it about racism. You guys are just too much for me. I think I will go dig up some obscure social issue that doesn’t affect me or anyone I know and devote my energy to that. I will get on a website and rant about it. Maybe I can sound really smart and put that Liberal Arts degree that Mommy is still paying for to use. Sigh…..If only Bill Clinton could be President again…….
People who are poor, uneducated, don’t have a driver’s license or a passport and get disenfranchised don’t tend to complain about it because they have bigger worries. This is why others need to stick up for them. Voter ID and voting restriction legislation is being struck down all over the place because they overwhelmingly discriminate against Blacks, Hispanics, the old and the poor.
It is not that hard to get a photo ID card (non driver) from the state. If people don’t vote because they don’t have an ID card it’s because they are lazy.
even lazy people should have a right to vote.
You ARE on a website ranting about something that has no effect on you. You do have an ID, do you not? You’re identity hasn’t been stollen at the polls,has it? You do realize the law is the law no matter how much you cry about it, no?