Sanders Calls For a Convention in St. Francis County To Fill the Vacancy of the Republican Party Nominee for Justice of the Peace, District 6

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS:

A PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR A CONVENTION TO FILL THE VACANCY IN NOMINATION FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINEE FOR THE ST. FRANCIS COUNTY OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DISTRICT 6.

WHEREAS: On March 15, 2024, the St. Francis County Election Commission certified the results of the March 5, 2024, primary election for, among other things, the Republican Party nominee for the St. Francis County office of the Justice of the Peace, District 6;

WHEREAS: The St. Francis County Election Commission certified that the Honorable Greg Gray became the Republican nominee at the primary election;

WHEREAS: The Republican Nominee for the St. Francis County Justice of the Peace, District 6, has formally withdrawn from the General Election as a result of unavoidable illness, creating a vacancy in nomination for that office; and

WHEREAS: The Republican Party of Arkansas timely notified me of the vacancy in nomination for the Republican Party nominee for the St. Francis County office of the Justice of the Peace, District 6, and indicated that the Party chooses to fill the vacancy in nomination by convention.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, do hereby proclaim as follows:

1. A special convention of delegates of the St. Francis County Republican Committee shall be held no later than Tuesday, August 6, 2024, for the purpose of filling the vacancy in nomination for the Republican Party nominee for the St. Francis County office of the Justice of the Peace, District 6.
2. The period for filing for candidacy as a party candidate with the St. Francis County Clerk for the special convention shall commence at 12:00 noon on Thursday, August 1, 2024. The deadline for filing as a party candidate shall be 12:00 noon on Monday, August 5, 2024.
3. Upon approval of a convention by the appropriate County Party Committee for the nominee of the Republican Party for St. Francis County office of the Justice of the Peace, District 6, the St. Francis County Committee for the Republican Party of Arkansas shall provide a certificate of nomination to the St. Francis County Election Commission, and to the St. Francis County Clerk no later than August 7, 2024.
4. All of the deadlines and requirements shall be as provided for by the applicable election laws of this State.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 30th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2024.