Candidates get on the Arkansas Republican presidential primary, and the Arkansas Democratic presidential primary, by paying a filing fee. No petition is needed. The deadline is Monday, November 11. That is a holiday but it is still possible to file that day.
So far, only two Republicans have filed, according to the Secretary of State’s web page. They are President Trump and Rocky De La Fuente. So far, fourteen Democrats have filed. See the list at this link. First, choose “candidate information”. Then choose, “View List of All Candidates…” Then select “sort by position”. Then scroll down to the bottom to see presidential candidates.
Richard, won’t 14 candidates lead to “ballot confusion”, “spoiler candidates”,and “candidates who can’t win being on the ballot”, thus leading to a direct threat to our democracy? At least that is what elected official and the media say when a third or fourth person attempts to run in a race or when activists attempt to get ballot access laws changed. The hypocrisy is too much.
EQUAL nom pet — some effort to get actual voters support
PR and AppV — pending Condorcet
and TOTSOP